While my Mama was here we decided to tackle a project. I'm sure how we even ended up deciding to do it, it just happened. We decided to redo the front of our house. We started with the landscaping. WE pulled up all of the mulch, cleaned up the leaves and pulled a couple of bushes. That grass in the back was the first thing I wanted gone. I hated that stuff!
I forgot a before picture, but there was a dead bush in the middle there that we pulled.
My Mama was a trooper! She worked HARD and I was so impressed with her. We would start working at about 8:30 and we would work until about 11 or until it was just too hot. 100°F with 87% humidity made it hot!!
We borrowed a pressure washer to clean up the side of the house! I {love} pressure washing, Instant gratification!
This flower bed looked horrible so we pruned back the bushes (just like Pa likes) and laid down new mulch. It was a quick and beautiful transformation!
So long grass!!
Made a new friend.
IT'S GONE!!!!! And what a difference!! It was surprisingly simple to pull up. Mama rocked the shovel and I pulled.
Oh gosh I can actually breath!
Fresh mulch and outdoor lights that we got at Home Depot for a steal!!
I'm not much of a sweater generally. My pitties yes but my back and legs no. Every day we would come inside and I would be SOAKED!!!
We bought a bush to fill in the akward gap where the grass and another ugly bush had been.
Sprout was a wonderful helper!
Jakob took over the pressure washing.
Once the landscaping was done, we started painting the house. Sure I thought, no big deal.... It was a major pain!
We went with a white and I never realized how pink my house was before.
I spent a great deal of time, perched up on a ladder!
Painting brick SUCKED! I mean squished mortar is ugly to begin with but then painting it was just terrible. The previous owners had no concept of finishing projects well either. The more I painted the more I realized how sloppy my house was.
Looking so fresh!
At long last the brick is DONE! Sweet Mercy! Now time to paint the brown all grey!
Be still my heart!
Getting all of those details!
WE threw around a lot of different color options for the garage side door. It's on the front of the house and made from wood so I figured it would be fun to pick a funky color. We thought about a mint, a kelly green, a deep forest green and mustard. Jakob decided to go with mustard.
The previous home owners never even opened the door to paint it brown. things like this just really bug me.
Jakob picking up a paintbrush!
And its done!!!!!!!!
Before
After
Before
After. I love the mustard!!!
New door knob!
Before
After!!!!! Be still my heart!!!! (Pay no mind to the dead grass, we are going through a major drought here this year!)
The side of the house all nice a fresh!!!
And our final masterpiece. Thank you so much to my Mama who sacrificed blood, LOTS of sweat and some tears. This took 17 days for us to complete from start to finish while having kids home. We told E we would pay her $1/day for watching Sprout while we worked outside and Bear was at summer school. I am so grateful for this lady right here and for her willingness to help me with all of my many projects. WE make a wonderful team. She's already picked out our next project for when she comes. We will be building a headboard and re finishing my dressers/ nightstands! I am super excited! I love do love ya Mama!
