Is it too late to add another May outside project?
I forgot to take a before photo, naturally. This is right beside our driveway. It was a hideous foot high rat nest before we tacked it, full of ivy and random weeds. We ripped out a ton of ivy only to discover that someone had dumped a bunch of old bricks and pavers and let the ivy just grow over it. Lazy moron! Our neighbor is a landscaper and gave us a ton of mulch to help get the soil nice and healthy. In the next weekend or two we will add new topsoil and then plant ferns and hostas. It doesn't look like much now but it is 1000% better than it was and once we get the plants in, it will be beautiful!
Hopscotch after with veggie garden and more thyme:
Splash pad before:
Splash pad and veggie garden after. We had to add rocks for drainage and so we didn't cut the turf with the mower. We also did a rainbow garden around the splash pad.
Containers:
New pillows for the chairs:
Birdhouses, we have more to paint to fill in:
DH also added rope lighting under the fence cap, which glows at night.
I'm late to the party here, but I repainted the jambs around our garage doors after H put in new ones and replaced the caulk.
Yesterday I scrubbed down our white gate and today I'm going to give it a fresh coat of paint. With just the cleaning, it looks SO much better and I'm angry at myself for not doing it sooner.