Mikey and I (along with some help from my wonderful daddy and brother) have been spending a lot of time doing some yard work and landscaping lately. Pretty much the whole first year we owned the house, we concentrated on the inside...now it was time to go out! This is what the house looked like right before it became ours.
This is what it pretty much looked like for the past year (when we owned it). I did little things here and there along the way that I don't have pictures of...but for the most part this is what was home.
TAAADAAA...what it looks like NOW=) We ripped out old shrubs, planted new ones which include holly bushes, azaleas, camellias and viburnum. We scrubbed and painted the floor of our porch, put new mulch down, installed the black railing on the porch, and got some black wicker furniture for it. (It is hidden behind the big azalea bushes.)
I LOVE the completed look, obviously it will all look much better when the plants have had a year or so to grow, but I am really pleased so far. I think the railing helped so much with the "curb appeal."
This is our brick patio in the backyard that my fabulous daddy built...the furniture came from Mikey's mom (which we really appreciate, that stuff is expensive!) and I painted it black and it now looks brand new!
Back yard: the back yard didn't really have any landscaping whatsoever.
View from back deck looking over backyard, including Mikey's garage/man cave/our beer pong/party room! My dad surprised us one weekend and we came home to two new shrubbery beds surrounding the brick patio.
We were hosting a small outdoor shower for some friends....
We are finally done for a while with the outside! Whew, lots of hard work, and sweat equity went into our projects. Now back to the inside...more accessories to buy=)
This is what it pretty much looked like for the past year (when we owned it). I did little things here and there along the way that I don't have pictures of...but for the most part this is what was home.
TAAADAAA...what it looks like NOW=) We ripped out old shrubs, planted new ones which include holly bushes, azaleas, camellias and viburnum. We scrubbed and painted the floor of our porch, put new mulch down, installed the black railing on the porch, and got some black wicker furniture for it. (It is hidden behind the big azalea bushes.)
I LOVE the completed look, obviously it will all look much better when the plants have had a year or so to grow, but I am really pleased so far. I think the railing helped so much with the "curb appeal."
This is our brick patio in the backyard that my fabulous daddy built...the furniture came from Mikey's mom (which we really appreciate, that stuff is expensive!) and I painted it black and it now looks brand new!
Back yard: the back yard didn't really have any landscaping whatsoever.
View from back deck looking over backyard, including Mikey's garage/man cave/our beer pong/party room! My dad surprised us one weekend and we came home to two new shrubbery beds surrounding the brick patio.
We were hosting a small outdoor shower for some friends....
We are finally done for a while with the outside! Whew, lots of hard work, and sweat equity went into our projects. Now back to the inside...more accessories to buy=)
You should invite your old roommates over.
ReplyDeleteWait, who just said that?
:)