Tuesday, March 25, 2014

I am a Pretend Guy That... Comes Around... And... Gets Run Over by a Lawnmower Blade!

April marks three years since we moved into this house. We bought it as a foreclosure and have slowly...oh so slowly...been fixing it up to make it look less abandoned. When we first moved in, our to-do list was several dozen pages. Somewhere on the first page was to get a front lawn. Right away we realized if we installed a lawn, we would have to take care of it. Mowing. Watering. Yuck. Also, sod is crazy expensive. So a front lawn was moved back a few pages. 

Three years later, we finally decided to tackle it. We decided we wanted grass! We decided we wanted mulch! We decided we wanted landscaping! Here are the results: 

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We decided to divide the yard: A lawn area and a mulch/plant area. We also added parking by the road and put in railroad ties to discourage cars from driving on our very expensive grass. Grass that we now have to water. And mow. Yuck.  

6 comments:

  1. It looks great!

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  2. Oh my crap, it looks so. much. better. Seriously. I am all for putting stuff off, but dayang your house looks like a whole new house.

    Guess I'll just need to come see it in person.

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  3. I love the mulch/plant area on the side!

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  4. So pretty! You need to invite us over to see it!

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  5. Kayla- your yard looks wonderful. We can't wait to see it in person! And watering and mowing will be worth the beauty!

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  6. Omigosh! That looks so amazing!

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