Bare Family Room & Overwintered Plants that Survived

I have been thinking of buying new family room furniture for the past five years. During that time, I made numerous visits to the few local furniture stores we have, but never found anything I really loved.  The Lazy-Boy furniture I had was still is very good condition, so I was in no hurry.

Recently a close family member needed furniture, so I donated mine.  Today my two nephews came over to get the furniture.  We had it all ready to go.

Lazy-boy sofas and loveseats are very heavy, so we removed all the backs to make them lighter. I was amazed how those two strong burly men picked it right up and carried it out through the deck doors with no problem at all!  Oh, to be young and strong!

Now I am left with this:

There are still two chairs, so I don't feel rushed to find something.  I really have had no desire to go furniture shopping, even though I have known for at least a month that I needed to.  For now we will live with a nearly empty room.    One of these days I will get my decorating mojo back and then it will be fun.

See the window without the curtain?  Some of you may remember I have been trying to find those curtains since I took down my Christmas tree.  I finally found them two weeks ago in a plastic tote in the basement.  Now I probably don't need them. It depends on what the new family room colors will be.   "C'est la vie."


Anybody know what this is?

I am thinking it's some kind of mint. It is a pot I overwintered on the deck near my herb pot.  I can't remember what mint I bought last year....spearmint maybe?  I guess I will just have to wait and see.  I really need to write down what I am saving!  I always think I will remember, but I never do.  Do you have that same problem? 

I am pretty optimistic with the two French urns that I overwintered in the garage.  This one has a dahlia coming up.

 I thought I removed all the Trebbiano dahlias last fall because I felt they were too tall for this urn.  I must have missed one.

I was totally surprised to see this coming up in both of the urns. I am guessing it must be the Purple Heart I planted last year.

I am totally thrilled that these two urns have over wintered. I really thought that I would lose everything in them.

    These are the urns I am talking about:

So far only the purple fountain grass and the sweet potato vine have not thrown up new shoots. It is still early, so I am still hopeful.


I hope you all have a wonderful gardening weekend!