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Creating Our Backyard Palm Springs Oasis



It's no secret I have a huge crush on Palm Springs, I adore everything about it from the dessert weather, palm trees, cacti, to the brightly coloured hotels and shops. We have been fortunate to visit there twice and I so hope that Scott & I can go back again one day.
photo credit Cerys.

That was why we wanted to upgrade the pool area to add a cabana in place of the chalet, where we could relax and sit undercover by the pool.


I wanted to create a calming area with a Palm Springs feel to it where we could sit as a family in the summer evenings and weekends enjoying the pool that we had put a huge amount of blood, sweat & tears building. See post here











29th August 2020, we stumbled upon a plant sale just up the back from our house and to my delighted they were selling some cacti, small ones, so much more affordable than large fully grown ones (I am just going to have to be patient!!) which I added to the two cacti I have had for about 8 years, so we made a cacti and succulent garden bed here

These are my ones that I bought years ago, below are the recent ones.



The whole backyard renovation is still a long ongoing process as we can only do things as and when we can and is affordable to do so.

There was plenty of upheaval and mess for a few weeks during the process.

We started by taking the chalet down to construct a cabana here


12th September 2020 Scott painted the walls around the pool white to brighten it up, we also bought a couple of wall art things from Bunnings and painted them a pale green.



We also repainted the water feature the same green as the wall art and added a couple of outdoor pink chairs from Kmart, Darren and Hannah took the blue ones for their garden.


I wanted a bar made from breeze blocks, there are a lot of breeze block walls around homes in Palm Springs, so I thought it would add a nice touch having a bar built with them. 26th September 2020 Scott dug a hole where the bar will sit and filled it with concrete for stability, he then proceeded to build the wall of the bar on 28th and 29th September.



1st October 2020 he made the bar counter top and painted the wall white, and varnished the counter top.



We designed and created a gorgeous Cacti and Flamingo ornamental garden at the entrance of the cabana. (see here )

5th March 2021 Scott spotted these light up Palm trees in Bunnings and just knew for me it would be instant love at first sight.


We bought two and set them up 7th March.


They make a fabulous addition to our Palm Springs atmosphere.




There will be more to come, further updates as we add to our Palm Springs style dream. There have already been some updates see here 
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