The much anticipated...

... pictures of our house!! It has only been seven months. Truthfully I wanted to make it look at least halfway decent. I had a few projects that HAD to be done before I would post any pictures.

Here it is before. I think the front "hay" had been cut at least.

And now the after!!

I have been working hard trying to make it presentable. The porch rail was the worst. It made the house look really crappy so I painted it white. It was easy to hide it at Christmas. I draped cedar garland over it and wrapped red ribbon around the posts, but when I took it down I just hated it. We had a couple of nice days in January so I got out my primer and paintbrush. Just getting the primer on made a huge difference. Oh, and if the grass looks unnaturally green it's because Brandon photoshopped it!

This is the left side of the yard. It's hard to tell, but our property goes to the road which is just before the red house.

And the right side. Again the property goes way over. Almost to the neighboring house. In all it is 1 1/4 acre. We love it!!
I've put in a garden and we are tearing out stuff that we don't like, including some very pokey Hawthorne trees and a dog run. Next to move is this random arbor in the middle of the yard. That will become a greenhouse. All the "working" stuff will be on the left side so we have the right, more private, side of the yard for fun and entertaining. It will be a few years until the yard is really what we want, but we've made some pretty good strides so far. Anyway, we'll keep you updated.