All cleaned up and ready for trees!

This is the west side of our house. The vinyl fence belongs to the house next door. It has just been sold to a couple from Santa Barbara. I SO hope they will tear down that fence and replace it with a wood one!



Pretty new trees planted and growing.

garden and flowers update

Our garden is growing! And yes that is large size hail on the edge of the deck to the right of the garden. That was our weather this morning.

Our first pepper!

Our first strawberry!

Beautiful flowers are growing all over our backyard.

Main Floor Bathroom - before

Only 1 picture. The room is too small for more. I'm having a difficult time deciding what the best plan is for this room. I do know that I want to use the hardwood flooring that we bought for the kitchen (and didn't use because we found original wood floors). Travertine or tile around the bath? I want to keep the original tub. Granite or tile on the countertop? We'd love to replace the entire cabinet but there isn't much room for improvement. Literally, not much room! We may just reface the cabinet. What do you think?

Kitchen-before and almost finished

Almost finished -just some trim work to complete. Oh, and a cabinet that goes above the refrigerator. Notice our beautiful new counter-depth refrigerator. Not easy to find bisque color anymore. And finding a refrigerator that would fit in our space was also a struggle. We did it!

And a couple of doors still to be put up (in the middle, up top) after I finish painting them. Guess it's not exactly "almost finished"!

Our beautiful original douglas fir floor! It was quite a surprise to find underneath a few layers of flooring. The rug is temporary, just until I find the perfect one. And we're still finishing some of the molding around the floor. Our challenge is trying to match the original molding in the house.


Before

Before

Thanks Ryan & Kevin! I love my Mother's Day garden