Victorian Heritage Garden | Easy Thrifted Dining Room Chairs | Receiving Help in Homemaking

Hello lovelies! Join me as I start to learn about Victorian landscaping plants - and why they are staying! Plus, some thrifted chairs I painted to match a Van Gogh painting, and new priceless antique addition to the living room!
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[@robinmiller8728]

I am no landscaper. Just like you I tend to focus on my interiors.
The yucca plants are great anchor plant for the ends of your porch. They have great structure for the winter months as well. I think the garden club would be a great resource. Most gardeners love to share start of plants. Your neighbors and friends probably have lots of hardy perennial.
Two things I have learned is:
Plant in threes and vary texture of the foliage.
Really these are design formulas that work inside or out.
Looking forward to seeing your garden grow.

[@OldWorldFarmHouse]

Thanks! Great point on design formulas. I hadn’t thought of that for plants.

[@kerryclare3456]

Love all your yummy chairs! Thanks for sharing your house "stuff". I have a 1894 farmhouse in Iowa. My dining room wall paper is peeled back in layers, to the original paper hanging there, and blank plaster areas.
I would happily take yours like it is now! 😂

[@OldWorldFarmHouse]

Oh wow! I can relate. We had quite a few rooms like that. Old wallpaper is kind of a mess.

[@cm-nj]

I am not the best gardner - the running family joke is if you have a plant you no longer want, give it to me. Our summers in southern NJ are hot and humid. We try to keep to plants that can tolerate and thrive (almost) independantly. Hostas are my absolute favorite. They have different varieties of leaves. They flower! They come back year after year. They can be divided. The ones we have are originally from my grandmother and grandfather's Pa home, at least 35 years old now. They've been divided and my daughter now has these same hostas in her home.

[@OldWorldFarmHouse]

Sounds like I need to check those out !

[@sheilafae]

I joined a garden club in my area with a lot of wise older farm women but there are some younger ladies too, one of them is an actual flower farmer growing fields of all types of peonies. I live in the upper Midwest so our garden season is very short. These ladies know what works in this area, are very knowledgeable and are generous with sharing perennial plants that they need to divide. We have monthly meetings through the entire year, dues are a whopping $2.00 for the year 😉 Members take turns hosting and can decide where r to meet - church basements, members homes, coffee shops, etc. We always have a “business” meeting, a long and short topic topic concerning gardening, games with prizes, “a little lunch” and a secret pal exchange (I chose this year not to participate in the secret pal because I tend to be more minimalist in my lifestyle). I am probably the last person to consider myself a gardener but they still let me participate. 😊 I have learned that gardening is work and that patience and persistence pay off. I have also learned that it brings a lot of joy and a feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day!

[@OldWorldFarmHouse]

This sounds amazing!

[@elvathompson3997]

Enjoyed this video, I have Yucca plants too. At least I can't kill them.

[@OldWorldFarmHouse]

Yes😅

[@terrizimmerman5297]

I’ll be married 45 years soon. My husband and I love the different rich woods furniture throughout our home. We wouldn’t paint any of them. We add color using wall paint and fabrics

[@OldWorldFarmHouse]

Nice 👍

[@reneekerman6688]

I’m not really a gardener either but I do enjoy puttering in it. I was fortunate to purchase not a house and cottage with fairly established gardens. For the first few years at each I was quite deferential to the previous owners’ choices. As I’ve gained a bit more knowledge I’m now at the point I’m ready to make some larger changes - taking out larger plants/bushes to replace with ones I like better. I’ve found both a hyper local and regional Facebook gardening groups to be very helpful. Also, you probably listen to the Homemaker Chic podcast, but if not they just did a few helpful episodes about cottage gardening. I look forward to seeing how your grows, and the anticipated changing for the dining room.

[@OldWorldFarmHouse]

Thanks for the tips!

[@reneekerman6688]

@@OldWorldFarmHouse What is the brand of paint brush you recommend in this video? I like the idea of the shorter handle. Thanks!

[@OldWorldFarmHouse]

@@reneekerman6688 Purdy!

[@lydzphens]

❤❤❤

[@OldWorldFarmHouse]

😊

[@sheilabroad8192]

6feet😮?

[@OldWorldFarmHouse]

I misspoke🙃 two ish