When Jeff and I first bought this house, the thing we did not like was the covered porch and all these big ugly overgrown boxwoods in the front of it! Well, it will take a lot of money and work to tear down the covered porch and make a real one so until we can really do that, we weren't sure what to do. One day Jeff got irritated with the bushes out front, wrapped a chain around them and jerked them up with his truck. Since then, there has been nothing out there (which believe it or not, looked better than those ugly boxwoods) but then we have had to decide what to do. We have finally gotten the front of the house done to what we feel like is a pretty view when you drive up. I used to always say that our house was the ugliest one on the block but I can't say that now. Jeff still wants a traditional porch and we are going to be working towards making that happen; however, in the meantime we are happy with what we have now! I took some before and after pictures below. It's hard to really see it as well in pictures but you can get an idea! We also spent the day yesterday cleaning out the garage and our back porch! Not to mention the spring cleaning on the inside...it was a long day but it was worth it when we drove up from church and looked at our new view!
The front of the house before we did anything!
The front of the house before we did anything!
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The front of our house after we finished!+023.JPG)
The right front side of our house!+020.JPG)
The left front side of our house!+021.JPG)
The entrance to our house!+024.JPG)
4 comments:
Looks like ya'll did do a full days work! (Yard work is never ending but it always improves a place.) I love the pretty hanging plants and the white rocks. Nice and bright.
That's what I thought...it looks so bright. Good work!!
did you take those pictures or did emily?
Yeah, I can tell the difference when I open them up as full screen pictures. That looks much better. Still would have been cool to have before and after pictures of the other chores. :)
Our front area will probably only take 2-3 hours and a fraction of the cost, and I still am putting it off! I'd rather work 6 days inside as compared to 1 outside!
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