Glue&Glitter

Dave actually gets all the credit for the rain barrel awesomeness at our house. The barrels are sitting up high on concrete blocks, one on each side of the yard. He ran drip irrigation hose out of each one and snaked the hose through our flower beds. The bit of elevation creates enough water pressure that rainwater that the buckets collect trickles through the flowerbeds and keeps our pretty flowers happy! Our setup is pretty much perfect for our back yard’s needs.

I was out taking pictures around town today and stumbled on this awesome rain barrel on display at Donna Van Gogh’s! Maybe our perfect setup could use a little bit of color! Rain barrels seem to only come in black, white or green. Why shouldn’t reusing water be totally colorful and shiny? A plain rainbarrel from a hardware store seems to run between $80 and $100. The custom painted barrel goes for $149 - not bad for such a big piece of custom art!