Recent projects

We took advantage of the long Memorial Day weekend and had some (much needed) projects done around the house - I wish I had thought to take 'before' pictures for these, but just know that the 'after' version is much better than the 'before'!

Project 1:  Had our brick fireplace and the insert painted.  The brick was the same as the exterior of the house, and was too dark against our neutral walls.  The mantel was just wood.  We had the brick painted the color of the walls, and the mantel painted the color of the trim that is throughout the rest of the house.  The fireplace insert had been black with gold facing, and it is now solid black.

Project 2:  Had the linen closet at the end of the hallway painted.  This was just wood closet, and also stuck out against our neutral walls.  We had this painted the color of the trim that is thoughout the house, and changed out all the old 1970's hardware.

Project 3:  The big one!  We had all the landscaping done in our back yard around the pool.  The pictures really speak for themselves here - it made a huge difference.  You might recall when we tore out all the old bushes eariler this spring in this post.  We had someone come and remove all the stumps that we were not able to get out ourselves.  They also preped the beds then planted all the new trees/bushes/flowers, and mulched everything.  It looks like a whole new yard!