Front Yard Clean Up

Our yard has been a hot mess since the day we bought the house. Well, the yard was OK, it was more of a flowerbed issue and a bad paint choice issue. Now that we've lived here for over a year, we have made a bit of progress to the exterior of our home.

Here's what our house looked like when we purchased it:

Step One: A while back we replaced the nasty, puke-green paint on the shutters with a bright blue. 

Step Two: Then we painted the front door a very happy aqua blue. (Forgive the Christmas picture...it's the only one I could find and I'm too lazy to take a new one. It's enough to give you the idea.)

Step Three: Thanks to my amazing father, all of our low tree limbs were trimmed. It was a big task to take on. Just check out the massive pile of limbs he left behind.  I still can't believe he did all that work. I guess he felt like he needed a project while he was in town after Fisher's arrival. Works for us!

Step Four: After my dad made his yard efforts, Brent got the bug to knock out some yard work as well. He basically gutted our front flowerbeds. The beds were full of weeds and random, unorganized plants. Thanks to Brent, they are now nice and clean and ready for new plants (eventually). The front of the house looks oh, so much better now.

Not a bad looking house, huh? 

Until next time...

Blank Slate

An amazing amount of work has been done on our new home this weekend and quite frankly, I'm tired. I refuse to be one of those people (one of those blogs) that pretends that it's easy to balance getting work done on your house and well, anything else. I'm going to be honest, we accomplished a ton, but I'm basically behind on anything and everything else...reading, laundry, blogging, etc. But lets stay on the positive side, shall we?

Before I jump ahead and show you what my hubby and I have achieved with our mad skills, I must show you what we started with. Off we go.

Den/Bonus Room - Entry from the Carport

Den/Bonus Room - Looking toward Kitchen & Carport Door

1/2 Bath & Laundry Room - Connected to Den
I'm in love with the green paint. Aren't you?
(You better say no. That would be typed sarcasm people.)

1/2 Bath & Laundry Room - Laundry Room side
Lovely, right?

Kitchen - Looking from Den towards Living/Dining Room & Future Master

Kitchen - Looking from Den
Love that stainless steel, don't you?

Kitchen - Looking towards Den from Living/Dining

Kitchen - Extra Cabinetry
Awkward. Not sure what's going to happen over here. Stay tuned.

Future Master Bedroom
No, I'm not crazy...we've got big plans for this one.

Future Master Bedroom
I'm serious...It's looking better already.

Hallway - Looking towards the future master

Main Bathroom
Jealous of that green tile? It's pretty sweet.

Main Bathroom
Yes, those crappy shelves above the toilet are already gone.
You're welcome.

Main Bathroom Vanity

Hallway - Looking from Bathroom
No, your computer screen isn't messing up. The hallway is pink.

Extra Bedroom
No plans for this one yet. I hesitate to say that it will be the future nursery cause...well, you know...we don't want to start that game.

Extra Bedroom

Hallway - Looking towards the Guest Room

Guest Room
The beautiful wallpaper is going.

Guest Room - Looking towards the pink hallway

Hallway - Looking from Extra Bedroom towards Living Room
Sorry for the blurry picture. We can't all be perfect.

Dining Room - Looking from the Living Room
Such amazing paint colors, right?

Living Room - Looking from Dining Room
Front Door is on the left next to me. :)

So that's the interior of our new home. If I wasn't so stinking tired from all the painting, I would update you on more, but yeah. Not going to happen. 


Until next time...