Progress Update

I have been beyond busy with work, work, and more work so I'm taking a few minutes to slab together a progress post of the current yard work I'm doing. When I bought this house, I knew I was going to need to do a lot on the outside before I could really enjoy it. 

This is exactly the way I bought it. (The unfinished INTERIOR door was fully painted when purchased)  *FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS* Please, please, please bring one of those silly printable checklists with you. I saw many of them and thought, "Eh, I'll see anything major, no need for a list." WRONG. It's easy to fall in love and get excited by the good stuff that you can look right over some major flaws. The doors on my home were both interior and not exterior doors, so in the Fall when the temperatures cooled and it rained and eventually when it started to snow, the door swelled and I could not open my front door for months. How awesome is that? 

My boyfriend bought a tiller and tilled the entire front and back yards. It was a process that lasted more than a month. As you can imagine, the dust was beyond control. I felt like a dust bunny in a dust bowl that would never end! Oh yeah, and add two dogs to that mix. Well, as of yesterday, I had the yards hydro-seeded and I cannot wait to see the results. Don't mind the mess in the front yard. You'll notice we kind of got caught tearing out the wooden walkways and were up until 2:00 am trying to rush the night before to get it all done in time. So just picture some perfectly lush grass, fun plants and rock lining the sidewalk and me plopped in a lawn chair in the backyard with 4,000 square feet of freshly mowed grass beneath my bare feet sipping on an ice cold drink! I'm even thinking of adding a volleyball net in the back. :) If you want to see what ideas I have brewing for my yard, you can view and follow my Pinterest Yard and Garden Board here.