Here's our project that's been a couple years in the making. This is what it looked like when we first moved in, except for the few pitiful flowers...I added those because I needed something there!
The backyard was a dandelion field.
It was really depressing. Especially compared to our neighbor's yards, which are perfectly manicured.
When we first moved in, our little Cameron was 2 weeks old, so we didn't do much the first year.
The next year, we ripped out the nasty, overgrown viburnum bushes. Every time I'd walk out the door, a flock of birds would swarm out of them. It was gross. I hated them. So we attacked them with my awesome new pruners and dug them out. We didn't know what to do with them, so we threw them into the pit of our backyard. They actually survived. They shouldn't have.
This year, our main yard project was landscaping the front yard. We started with widening our sidewalk. Kevin wanted to do the entire driveway, but we decided to start small so we could actually finish it this year. We dug out and made forms, which sat there hazardously for about a week.
We also tried to give the front a little shape, and help cut back on the amount of plants we'd need to fill it in. If you look closely, you can kind of see the little curvy line between the grass and the mulch.
It took a little while for the grass to grow in to patch in both the curve and in front of where we widened the sidewalk. I cannot tell you how nice it is to walk onto grass now instead of mud!
Here's the {mostly} finished product!! We pressure washed and painted the porch to match the rest of the house. It drove me crazy to have a green porch and blue shutters! That problem was solved for about $40. Totally wish we would have done it sooner!
Now we need to have the trim and pillars painted white....they're looking a little faded now. haha
Besides the dead flowers in my hanging baskets, this picture makes me happy! :)
Drum roll please! Here's the side-by-side before and afters!!
{Kevin said his favorite part is the vehicle swap, it coordinates and everything! haha}
Here's also a quick glimpse of the other project we did while landscaping the front.
We {with the help of several friends from the ward} poured a cement slab to install a new shed!
We had a little extra cement than we planned, so we put all the remnants into a makeshift fire pit patio.
We had everything for the fire pit previously, but luckily had it deconstructed and just had to level it quickly before shoveling the excess cement there. It's not the prettiest thing, but it works- and was better than having cement chunks randomly in our yard!
Kevin built some shelves to go in it so we could organize all our junk instead of just throwing it all in there. Our garage is starting to feel like a garage again!!
