Actually, no, it’s not really up.

Anyway.. We’re still pretty excited about this most recent project and addition to the usable living space in our house.The frog population will recover next year and we’ll be amazingly mosquitoless again.

I think it has something to do with the crops we have around us this year and the stuff they use on those crops that really affects the ecosystem in the creek behind our house..So here’s how the deck out back used to look:.This was actually just after we started the project.

Our house was fully wheelchair accessible once upon a time, so there was this biiiiiiig ramp that stretched across the whole back of the house leading up to this deck and into the master bedroom back hall.Also, there were no stairs.

So imagine this photo, but with a non-death-trap ramp and no stairs.. And here’s another shot of what it looked like part-way through the project.. To be fair, we’re still really part-way through the project.

But it’s a lot better..After the fact, I decided to Google it to see if anyone else had ever done a bow napkin fold and if they had a smarter way of doing it.

It turns out that quite a few people have done this before, and it looks like they’ve all done it pretty much the same way I did.Great minds think alike!

If you’d like to jump on the bow tie bandwagon, here’s how to do it.. More decorative napkin folding ideas for your tablescape:.The Simple Knot Napkin Fold.