Current Look: Outside

Ahhhh, the outside.  There is so much work in store for us here.

Here is the front yard.  We are leaving this be for now. We did paint the house (ourselves), had the chimney crowns added and chimneys inspected by my father-in-law and planted some plants, which you can see haven't quite bloomed yet.  Summer is late, oh so late and its quite rude.

Future plans include a  new roof, elevated flower beds, new garage door, more exterior lights... the list goes on...  This will hopefully be in effect starting Summer 2012?

We also (with the help of my father-in-law), put pavers down the middle of the driveway (see here).  This is one of the best projects we did, it makes the front of the house look so much better!

Future plans here will include a larger front stoop, new railings, new roof above the front door that matches the roof line and extends further out for more coverage, nicely stained concrete front stoop and I'm sure a few other things...

I had to. They're too cute! :]

Here is the backyard.  It's bad. Real bad.

As you can see, we try to sit and enjoy the afternoon/evening sun we get back there but it's not a very nice place to hang out...

From the temporary steps, the unattached fence gate...

To the partially finished paint job, this space REALLY needs some TLC.  Lucky for you guys, you get to watch this ugly are get transformed into a fun inviting space for us and our guests to enjoy.

We are getting bids from all around on leveling and taking some dirt away. 

I had to. You can barely see their white little chests through the dirty glass. The dirty glass is their fault.

Stay tuned for the full details of our back yard plan!