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Frames are n’t the only thing the family line atThe Growing Placein Naperville , Illinois , are paint . Here they ’ve created a precious little sketch by painting an sure-enough wooden door fuchsia and surrounding it with an assortment of fairy - tarradiddle accessary . It ’s amazing what a big pop of color like this can add to a garden bed . It draws the eye and becomes a backdrop that makes everything around it more interesting . All you have to do is forgather the courageousness to clean a brassy gloss … * * * forgive the full - sun picture …

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