Landscaping - a work in progress

I love that we are doing so much to our house all the time! When we bought our house, I loved it. It was in a great location, and it had a finished basement, and a big bedroom, etc. etc. But it needed something. It needed 'us'. It wasn't our house yet.

We've done some big improvements, in my opinion, to make the house more 'us'. We replaced the carpet in the basement and laid new tile. We repainted almost the whole house. We put up a wall to create a nursery. We knocked down a wall to make a big kitchen. We've done a lot. And while we are no where near finished with the inside, the outside needed BIG help!

Last summer, we tore down the garage to make the yard bigger. Now we're tearing down the deck. The deck is nasty. It's a odd shape with two tiers, which makes it very un-practical. We can't really have a good table and chairs since there are two levels. Then, the wood is old and we have bugs everywhere. We decided, the heck with it! It's coming down. I didn't realize we were starting this so soon, but Nick got really ambitious on Monday night. Here's a picture of him taking it apart.



Not only are we working on getting the back nice and pretty, but we're working on the front too. We have hedges and had some sad looking plants. But Nick's mom was going through her yard and gave us some extra plants. Nick and Sue planted them while I was out running errands last weekend and they look great!



Like I said, it's a work in progress, but every little bit helps! I'll post more pictures when we get more done in the back.