Home Beautification

Since we finally got most of the more essential house projects out of the way, we have spent the last few months doing some beautification projects, mostly outdoors to take advantage of the weather and growing season.

Flower beds
Before


After


Side of the house


Shed beautification (much nicer when the crepe myrtles are actually blooming!)


Tile Cleaning
The grout had never been sealed and was filthy, so Austin scrubbed it and sealed it. This was supposed to be my project, but he kindly adopted it since my hands free time was a little limited with baby Stephen!
Before


After


Austin received three trees as gifts for his birthday from both of our parents (neither one knowing the others had the same idea)...we figured he must have been giving off tree vibes...or we had just moved into a house with a big yard but almost no shade ;-) We are really excited about the trees and just finished planting the last one yesterday. Somehow I missed photographing the other two planting events.

Planting the Burr Oak


Fun with the big hole