Q: What do you do with all the flowers in your pots in winter?ĭonna: We haul some of them into the house. But I wouldn’t give it up because I enjoy the trees. Q: Any drawbacks to having a shade garden?ĭonna: I can’t grow vegetables. And over the years, every time a tree died we planted another one.ĭonna: Donna: I have a lot of the same plants repeating from the front to the back, so that the gardens flow together. Question: Did you ever consider cutting any trees down?ĭonna: No. The couple recently talked about their home. The couple says that other than watching their yard turn to all shade, the only changes they made to their home over the years were in 2003, when they had a new peak added at the front of the house, along with a 20-by-15-foot back porch, which is filled with flowerpots and antiques. He is a retired guidance counselor with Elmbrook Schools, and he also taught woodworking at Waukesha County Technical College to adults. “I’ve used them for many projects, and I still have some pieces here to use.” ”We had white oak trees that had to be cut down, so I had them cut into boards and aged them,” he said. Pieces John made for their home range from kitchen cabinets to plant stands. It’s comfortable, but it’s a lot of dusting,” she said. They’re part of me and I wouldn’t replace any of them. We have a son, a daughter and four grandchildren. The dolls in the room are from my Storybook Doll collection, and the Beanie Babies are from the kids. One of the hats is the one I wore when we were married. “And the hats on the wall were my mom’s, my aunts’ and mine.

“The spread was my mother’s, it’s hand-crocheted,” she said. “It was a three-fourths bed for kids, and I lengthened it,” John added. “In the bedroom that was our daughter’s, the dresser is from my grandmother and the bed is from John’s great-grandfather,” she said. “They’re bulbs, and I take them out in fall and put them in the basement.”ĭonna said her style of decorating would be best described as crowded or busy, as there are pieces - both large and small - from members of her family as well as pieces John made throughout the home. “The voodoo plants are in wood boxes John made,” she said.

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