Seeing how we have recently reorganized the garage, we had a spare wire rack that had previously stored beer-making supplies and we had a newly cleared spare room downstairs (the treadmill/camping room for anyone familiar with the basement). So we wheeled the rack into the room from garage and turned it into a potting station. Mark wired 6 fluorescent lights to some of the shelves of which are adjustable so we can move the lights up and down as the plants grow. I have a 25 pod starter tray and we're on batch 1. Once they sprout and get large enough I will pot them in temporary containers to encourage larger root growth and keep them under the lights until the end of May and will start batch 2.
This is even hooked up to a timer (in addition to switches) so we don't have to panic in the middle of the day wondering if we forgot to turn it on or off. This tray has 8 types of tomatoes (2 pods each) and the rest of the pods are a variety of bell peppers, including white and chocolate. Batch 2 is scheduled to have green and purple tomatillos and a variety of herbs.
Upstairs we have some exciting additions to our front room: dining room chairs finally came! (they were ordered in early December and have been much anticipated). We opted for some French Louis XVI round back style chairs in a contrasting color and style to the table. The chairs are a walnut flavor with rounded legs while the table is about the same red tone as our floor with more linear lines. The cushion on these chairs do not mess around! My tush is comfy as a cloud having dinner here.
This is the view from my area on the couch (where I do most of my working-from-home these days). I love looking up to this scene.
It feels like the finishing touch on the entire kitchen/living room remodel. And it makes us feel like adults, seeing how we have been married and in a house for the past 4 years sans dining room. Well, that and finding Mark's first gray hair a few weeks ago.
