Room to Grow

Now that I've got your attention with the cute little garden gnome (obviously a staged pic), we decided we needed a space for starting seeds, a grow room with space for light stands and a place for mixing potting soil and so forth.

The furnace room was the logical room, warmer than other spaces and with access to water. Oddly painted in beige and orange, with some ugly white metal cabinets that might clean up. The former owner was a trapper and he had dozens of nails hammered into every joist, probably for hanging pelts. Kinda Dahmer-esque creepy. Got a little case of carpal tunnel pulling them all.

We decided two shades of green would be appropriate, a light apple green, and a darker green called artichoke. We then set about assembling various items that would clash mightily with the color scheme.

Marty enjoying a cuppa.

Adding grow lights to the homemade light stands (building instructions in a forthcoming post).

New sink with nicely clashing garden hose and chair. That's Neko (Case) peeking in.

Finished room in operation.