Oh, how I love yard work!

Hope you all had a great weekend! Happy Martin Luther King Day!

This past weekend was a pretty productive weekend. Chris and I spent both days working in the yard. Not my favorite thing to do, but it was much needed. 

Before- Help me!

We opted to do-it-ourselves and put the money towards other things. It can be so easy to take the easy route and  pay someone to do the dirty work. Believe me..we were really tempted to do just that. But we soon realized, you can't hire someone to do every project you need done, or you'll eventually go broke. 

So, Chris and I dug along. He did the brunt of the digging up of previous plants, stumps, rocks, etc. on Saturday. On Sunday, we finished the job by laying down compost, pete moss, and garden soil. After a hard days work and a couple garden snakes later (2 to be exact and not tiny, ewwwww), we have a clean slate now and the front is ready for some pretty shrubbery. 

After- All ready for new plants!

Can't wait to finish this project up hopefully in the next couple weeks. Looking to add some Japanese junipers and who knows what else. Definitely want to add a Buddha or Pagoda possibly. It will be very Zen like. 

Love this look- Image via google

Japanese Junipers

Feelin Blue Deodar Cedar

Have a great week!!

Dressing up your door for Fall

It's a beautiful time of the year! I love this crisp weather and all that comes with it..pumpkins, mums, fall wreaths..the beautiful colors.

Decorating up your front porch is a must this time of year! I visited Lowe's and picked up some great plants for the front porch over the weekend. I also had this architectural column I thought would be great for the space. It's a  great addition to the vignette. Added some well needed height.

Happy Decorating! Enjoy this beautiful weather.

We got ourselves a house!

I'm excited to announce that we closed on our house last night! It's OFFICIAL. We bought our first home. We couldn't be more excited. It was definitely a roller coaster of a ride, emotions up and down, but we DID IT! We get the keys today and move in this weekend. I can't wait for you all to see it. It's got so much character. I'm so ready to make it home for us! My mind just won't stop racing as far as what I want to do, what I want to paint, etc. etc.. That's what you call a little OCD. I love it though... I can't wait to make it HOME for us. It's already close to feeling like home already. Our cats will love it too!!

So movers come on Monday and I'll be working like an animal getting everything unpacked. Obed our painter is coming by this evening to give us a quote. There are a few rooms we definitely want to paint. Blue and Rust aren't our colors. Will defintiely will take some before and afters for ya'll.

Have a great weekend and stay cool!! This Texas heat it something else. Chris and I had to pick the hottest summer to move back to Dallas. GEEEZZZ.