Tuesday, June 18, 2013

What's the View from Your Porch Door?

Diffusing the view, Kimberly Queen, below.  Tolerates full baking sun or part shade, and she's not a shaggy mess unlike the Boston fern.


On perfect axis with the porch door, below, she diffuses the view in too.  Aka, double axis.


The lattice?  Regular, common, off the shelf, a disaster for any home but, in context, understandable here.  This home was rescued and is the Cultural Arts Center in Douglasville, Georgia.
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Back to the lattice.  For pennies more special order panels with thicker wood slats, they look custom.
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
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The fern stand is real, and almost a century old.  Been decades since it held a fern.  Pics taken earlier this month at the Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival in Douglasville, GA.
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4 comments:

  1. VictoriaJune 18, 2013 at 3:26 PM

    I cannot believe I missed the festival shoot!
    I live in South Carolina and
    Must have missed your post. :0(

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  2. David C.June 18, 2013 at 4:08 PM

    I need to trim last year's dead from the view from my front door! That fern is so nice and full, here it's a small fountain with the sound of water...still like an illusion, but a real one.

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  3. sugarcreekJune 18, 2013 at 9:42 PM

    18 years ago that same plastic lattice was the (inexpensive) answer to our 1901 porch renovation. We framed the lattice and put eye-hook hangers so we can access under the porch. The still look great.

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  4. elizabethJune 19, 2013 at 1:18 PM

    Moss! I haven't been able to figure out how to find a pot to fit my grandma's fern stand-- and just saw the answer. Now to find the right fern!

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