Archive for the 'Curb Appeal' Category

Here are the latest house flower pictures:
  

Fence

I’m excited to have a privacy fence! Carpenter Keith built the 6′ fence while I was taking Brandy to DC. Total price $3350 ($1800 labor, $1550 materials).
Here are some pictures. Ignore the weeds — that’s for another year! 
Facing the back alley [before and after]
 
Pictures taken from back alley facing back yard [before and [...]

I snapped some photos of the old rose bushes, which are in full bloom. There annuals in the front and doing fine. The perrenials are popping up behind the annuals.
 
 

Brandy and I went flower shopping on Saturday. On Sunday Brandy and her mother planted them all. There are 2 new pots for the columns; we got some high quality pots because they are so prominently located. Anuals are planted in the front and bulbs are planted in the back row. In a few months [...]

My front yard has been hurting for a long time. The concrete driveway and portions of the sidewalk were crumbling. The grass was a dry weed patch. The solution is a new widened driveway, top soil & sod, and new sprinklers. The following are BEFORE pictures, DURING pictures and AFTER pictures. These pictures also show [...]

Operation: Curb Appeal is in full effect. This is my main focus of time, effort, and cash this summer. My master hardscaper Russ is building a short brick planter that spans the front of the house. His specialty is matching existing brick on old houses and matching the old mortar/mud colors in the tuck [...]