Update on the pool at Casa Kibler....

I have not been the best blogger of late.  

Sporadic posts.  

No pics of wonderful new uses for burlap fabric or feed sacks.  

Spring cleaning...? I did it - was i the diligent blogger and post pics and provide....nope.  I blog hopped and read some great ones though!

I've been pool planning...researching for the landscape...basically just day dreaming over pictures like this...

and this...

Because our house is a creamy beige with a rust roof, it goes great with burnt red and turquoise accent colors...so i'm envisioning lots of color filled pots around the pool.  


We picked out our pavers for the deck...

and debated over tile color fo the water's edge...(we went with the bottom right choice...it's much bluer than what it appears here though)
 

So, while we've been doing that - this is what was going on in our backyard...upper left corner to bottom right corner is progress during week 2 and week 3.  The first week after signing the contract was permit pulling progress - and just prepping the yard.  So 3 weeks in and we're tiling, plumbing, and running electric this week!  We are super excited around here!

Rome wasn't built in a day, ya know.

That's my mother's voice.  I think I hear her say that to me, oh, at least once a week.  It's my fault really.  We get on the phone to catch up and she asks what we're up to with the house stuff and I give her the running list, and that's always what she says back.  And it's aggravating.  But, she's right.  Which is even more aggravating.  You know what they say, if it's not one thing, it's your mother.


Anyway.


The shower re-caulk job is done and I seriously JUST finished re-grouting the shower floor.  So i can mark that off my list - and i promise to take some pics soon of that room.  But I've got yet another HUGE project that started this week.  The good news is that we're not doing it ourselves. 

Wanna see what we've started?...It's pretty cool....literally.

 This is our big gift to the kids and ourselves.  And i think i'm in love.  This is pool mock up our builder provided that we approved....only to change it later.  Small changes though - nothing big - this is the general idea.


Now i'm spending my nights trying to decide what plants to plant around it.  And while the kids are excited about having a pool - i'm actually more excited about landscaping it - is that weird?

While V watched hockey last night, I spent my night with this cute man...

At least in the virtual world. Kind of.  I spent hours going thru his blog and his website

He is one talented southern boy.  A gardener by trade who started doing events, and ohmyword can he cook - i have copied down several recipes that just remind me of my grandmother.  

You can get lost in all of his gorgeous pictures.

 On another note...and one more project - the beadboard went up in the guest bath and the doors were trimmed out as well -and both have been painted.  I would show you a picture of THAT too but the man painted everything in his path and i need to go back and re-paint the wall where they meet.  

Dreaming of Summer...and a bigger bank account

I think the cold weather here has me in a funk.  I can't stand weather in the 30's, 40's ....BLECH. Have i said I live in Orlando? This is stupid cold for here. And....my boss can't stand to hear me kvetch about it one.more.time.  Especially since she's knee deep in snow with lots of snow days inside with kids.  I don't know how she does it.   Margaret - you need to move. I get cold talking on the phone to you.

I thought i'd sunny up my mood a little with some warm weather wishing.  Above pic from HGTV RMS.  Below from Blue Haven pool's website.

Here's to some Jack Johnson or Zach Brown, some magazines, suntan lotion and trash mag Saturdays....linking to V's Inspiration Friday's of course....

Inspired by...Pool Living

About this time every year I get a really bad case of pool fever.  It's allowed, i think, living here in the sunshine state.  I have a few pools saved to my favorites just in case i decide to crack open the piggy bank this year.

all photos on page courtesy of  HGTV RateMySpace
 
Most of the pools that you find here are in screen enclosures. AND most of them have no need to be, the way the most new subdivisions have zero trees.  So what they're trying to keep out of their pool, i have no idea.  Vance teases me and says i prefer "free-range" pools vs caged pools.  He's right.

I mean, come on, isn't this so much more appealing than being surrounded by silver mesh?

This last one is my favorite because of all the green space, yet it's close to the house.  I love the pavers too, they appear to be limestone. swoon.

Linking to Melissa's The Inspired Room  Inspired By Fridays.