Front yard work-landscaping by the skin of your teeth...

Befores
This porch thing was on the house when we bought it...the sides have been taken down by the time this pic was taken- there was lattice work on all the sides. It was horrible.

A few years ago I built the path to the second door (there wasn't one when we bought the place) and put in some dogwoods and a big rock.

NOW

The dogwoods got too big so we replaced them with grasses. I pulled the mulch up and replaced that with river rocks...The porch was cut down and made to look like a normal persons porch

The pavers you see by the door are to fix the walkway. The last 3 ft or so dropped in the past few years and the water pools there during rains. It needs to be fixed.

This still has mulch in it- it will be changed over to river rock too....

closeup of my porch......I'm going for a boho old southern look...

Rustic outdoor spaces

I worked on mine this weekend- in between running to the basement to hide from the storms that just hit my state this weekend.....

I bought new/old metal porch chairs and got rid of the black plastic Oh chairs.... I did a bit of digging in my garage and found some pots and some outdoor type stuff and then I went off and got a few annuals to liven the space up.  I also cleaned the gutters- but who wants to hear about that?

It's not done by a long shot-but it's better! We're even having dinner out here tonight...

Porches and outdoor spaces

We are lucky that we have a great back deck- too bad it needs a coat of paint and a few less bugs! But, figuring out what to do with it has me googling porches and decks..... here are some that caught my eye...

from southern living  I love that galvanized planter and the grasses...

from apartment therapy The general rustic-crappyness of it all is wonderul- and I think I am capable of DIY this..

I have that fireplace, just not willing to let it live outside...

I want the welding dept of my Univ. to make me a few of these to put on my hill...

From apartment therapy again, good use of big box supplies- just cement blocks..

I need to gather me some branches to make the boy a tee pee...