Some Before and Afters

Well, things seem to have finally calmed down here a bit. I sent off this round of my freelance project, so I should have a few weeks of evenings to myself. Of course, I have all of my own personal projects I want to get done, such as finally organizing our filing system and updating my blog! So here we go!

As you may recall, our house is a cute little yellow house. As cute as the house itself is, the landscaping is definitely lacking. While not overgrown, it is just...blah. It needed some life. Here is the house before:


After some autumnal decorations (already also shown previously) and some flowers and shrubs, it looks a little more lively. We still have a lot of work to do, but this will keep us happy throughout the winter:




And in the backyard, where once was just divets and dirt, we have some lovely bushes and mums, all 50% off at an end-of-season sale!



They have since been planted into the dirt, but I don't actually have a "done" photo. Oops! I'll get on that when it's nice out again. It's currently raining, yet again.

And just for fun, a shot of a tent we used at our housewarming that, while we were away, the wind decided to send for a joy ride. We borrowed it from my brother, so I'm hoping I can clean it all up! It managed to land in our dirt pile in the driveway (of course!) and crack our fence a little: