Other than that we have been doing things around the house here and there to make it better all the time. This week I finally got off my booty & painted the Ikea shelves in the Dining area that were cut to size to fit my wall, so they had some wood showing on the ends. You can see that here...
Luckly, I've had black paint laying around for over a year so it didn't cost me anything to paint it. Win!
And all painted!
Looks good right? Can't even tell I painted them!!
I also got an amazing surprise gift from my parents this week. Of course it's elephant related!
It's a bamboo plant in a elephant planter! Seriously, how amazing is that? Made my day.
Yesterday we got busy in the front garden & cleaned out all of the weeds, overgrown grass, leaves, bugs (yuck!) & dead plants. It only took us about 3 or so hours to get it more than half way finished. I'm pretty proud of the work we got done. Sunday we're going to finish up out there. I still need to move 2 trees. Yeah. I'm THAT hardcore. ;)
Here are a few before shots...
Can you even see anything? So overgrown!
See that tall tree? That's being moved to the right, in front of that fence. The palm tree next to it will be moved closer to the big tree in the garden. You'll see! I'll share pictures when we get that tackled.
See the wood fence to the right? That's where the tall tree is going.
This is the view from the other side, looking toward the driveway side.
And of course as soon as I started removing the bricks, Max had to jump into the holes and lay down. Silly kitty!
And some afters or progress pictures...
Check out my fellow landscapers! ;)
So the to-do list includes, moving two trees, adding some color to the garden, mulch & maybe some decorative goodies as well. All in due time! Jordan spotted that the new layout of the garden is actually shaped like a B. I was pretty impressed that he noticed that because I didn't! But I was happy when he pointed it out, being that we are the house of B's! ;)
Also, in the next year or so I have plans on changing the front of the house from the screened in porch to something a little like this...
Amazing, right? I figure not only would it be beautiful but it would just be something else to add charm to the house for when we move in the future, being that this house is only our first home, not our permanent place.
I also dream of adding a front porch swing. Perfect for those warm summer nights!
Other than all that I'm also currently in the process of building a business website for someone, preparing for our Vacay to Miami in three weeks & continuing to work on this house, being a mom & just rocking the shit outta life! :P Have you been sprucing up your yards for the Spring & upcoming Summer? It's definitely a lot of work but it's such a great payoff when it's finished!
