Agave House

The house in May 09

2009-06-01T13:25:00.002-06:00

Photo Credit: Don Lacy

A few more pictures

2009-03-26T21:40:00.005-06:00

Wanted to share a picture of the front of the house, with our cactus planter growing in nicely.

And yes, another welcome sight in our succulent planter by the front door. Spring is here!

Front Planter Success

2009-02-25T20:05:00.003-07:00

There is a lot happening right outside our front door, which you can't see from the road. All of the succulents that we ordered online and planted last fall are thriving! It's amazing to look at them everyday as we are coming and going. We are looking forward to adding some more this spring.

Super Door

2008-11-28T08:33:00.004-07:00

How cool is that door!

Our new door from Austin Outdoor Studio is up and we couldn't be happier. I cant say enough about what a great job they did. Thanks Jonathan for going the extra mile and creating something we are very happy with.

Next Project - Gate

2008-07-14T09:00:00.004-06:00

We are excited to get started designing a outside gate/door to complete the wall project at the end of the carport. Here's what it looks like today:

View from the front (edge of wall we added on the left)

View from the back (with rain chain)

wall of wood

2008-06-28T13:34:00.001-06:00

The plywood wall is completed! Thanks Steve - Great job!

planter

2008-06-01T15:22:00.003-06:00

Yucca rostrata going into the truck for the trip home.

Planter phase 5.7

Hardiplank is down - next stop plywood!

hallway

2008-05-22T11:14:00.002-06:00

The hallway is going to get a makeover. Stay tuned.

planter and cactus

2008-05-10T08:11:00.003-06:00

orange cushions

Sempervivum tectorum or "Hens and chicks" for the new cactus garden.

Graptoveria or 'Fred Ives' in a planter on the back patio.

The new planter with a bottom layer of stone and then the rest filled with crushed granite and sand.

Our winnner for most bad-ass Sempervivum tectorum - Purple Haze.

April

2008-04-05T13:14:00.004-06:00

We like this chair better with just the bottom cushion.

We finally upholstered the HW chairs. We are very happy with the way they turned out.

Spring and that huge dagger plant in the front yard is going off.

backyard full of wild flowers.

I never thought these would grow so fast.

What I thought were blooms are just new growth on the "SOB" cactus as we like to call it. That thing is mean - don't mess with it.

sun, wall and the pine.

March

2008-03-05T10:40:00.002-07:00

Sexy pool chair waiting on the pool

Sexy desk waiting on a chair

Sexy light waits for no one

Living room not so sexy. Doubling as an art studio right now. We will figure it out someday.

One of Wendy's new sexy side tables. from Uptown Modern

replaced crossbar

2008-01-27T08:44:00.000-07:00

Replaced the crossbars on the three store front doors with regular handles. Much cleaner look.

door handle

2007-12-19T09:21:00.000-07:00

update!

2007-12-10T18:36:00.000-07:00

Planter with red lava rock and cactus.

We put neon yellow poster board above the false ceiling for a cool reflective light effect in the day time.

also pictured is the new vent covers.

bye!

cactus

2007-09-08T10:37:00.001-06:00

Cactus come home from "The Great Outdoors" nursery.

This cactus had to wait until our neighbor could help me get it out of the truck. Thanks Kelly and Stacy.

08_22_07

2007-08-22T21:51:00.001-06:00

Our criss cross light at night.

refinished chairs

2007-08-18T08:45:00.000-06:00

We have two of these. I need to find a before photo - brown chair, brown cushion - ugly. Now they are black with blue velvet cushions - nice.

We found this chair next to a dumpster. We haven't really done much to it except clean it off and throw some cushions on it from Urban Outfitters.

Newbie

2007-07-12T20:32:00.000-06:00

Welcome to Agave! We crossed paths earlier this week and she told us all about her great Kevin Stewart 3 story purchase.

July

2007-07-11T09:10:00.000-06:00

We finally painted some walls in our house. We started with the first vestibule and painted it a dark teal gray color and put up a Syroco tree sculpture that I painted white.

couple of chairs resting comfortably

Some new photos from around Agave...

test

2007-07-10T08:51:00.001-06:00

test

Register

2007-06-27T21:45:00.000-06:00

comes in unfinished wood

My version painted white in PS

Air conditioning vents suck and they are the one thing I think can ruin a perfectly clean interior. I found these and they may be an off the shelf remedy.
From Venting Direct - Various prices under $100

Solar Security Floodlight

2007-06-20T14:58:00.000-06:00

For the record I hate when people put these things over their garage blasting the neighborhood with a blinding light. To me they make a street look more like a prison yard than somewhere I want to come home to. That said this looks like a pretty good solution for a side yard type of area that you don’t have to wire and it has a motion sensor. I think I might put this on the side of our house that we currently have no light on. I promise not to strap it to the front of our car port with some duct tape and loose wire.
Price: $68.00

moving in

2007-06-11T15:50:00.001-06:00

Closing night our friends the Avilas brought us dinner and champagne!

Mexican food and a new house - two thumbs way up!

Our next door neighbors joined the party!

Moving trucks came Monday and unloaded a bunch of stuff we don’t want anymore. Why did we keep so much stuff?

Heywood Wakefield Triple Crown China buffet

HW table

I am so very happy that this we are finally in!!!

Finally our new refrigerator

Happy happy home owner.

2007-06-03T21:15:00.000-06:00

closed! closed Friday!! moving truck comes tomorrow! I spent the last two days sealing the concrete floors. Wendy has been sick but is recovering in time for the move. More on all this soon with photos.

get r done

2007-05-22T16:19:00.000-06:00

Final inspection on the house was completed yesterday. A few minor fixes and we should be ready to complete this deal by next week. Lets all keep our fingers crossed.

Starting to think about pools again...

Barry Beer Design

and rain chains and grass and landscaping and...

Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture

Just some things to think about.