Little by little, I’m still working on our house’s curb appeal. It’s a never ending project, really. I finish one thing, and then something else surfaces. There are large projects we still need to tackle like the front sidewalk, and nevermind that brown splotch of dead grass. We have these crazy two-foot-tall weeds that just will […]
Replacing the back door
For over a year, our back door has been unusable. Stuck shut. Completely worthless. The problem: the door was out of square with the frame. There were giant air-leaking gaps all around. We could see those cartoon dollar signs floating out of the cracks. Oh yeah, and we couldn’t open it. I tugged so hard, […]
Curb appeal detail: Brass griffin shield plaque
I’m less of a “front door seasonal wreath” person and more of a “brass griffin shield plaque” kinda girl. Pretty, right? Pretty menacing. Griffins are protectors (or so says Wikipedia), thus this pair is perfect posted by the front door. Think they’ll keep the hooligans away? I found the brass plaque nearly three years ago […]
Curb appeal: Adding board and batten cottage-style shutters
After a bunch of curb appeal improvements we did in 2011, I was thinking the house was looking pretty good. But after we removed those giant Rose of Sharon bushes last year, it was glaringly obvious there was something missing. Once upon a time our house had shutters. You could see sloppy paint outlines on […]
Let the landscaping begin! Swapping out overgrown bushes
I’ve pretty much always hated the Rose of Sharon bushes that were in the front of our house. My hate only grew stronger last spring when hundreds (no exaggeration) of tiny shoots sprouted and I spent hours pulling them up. When we moved in, they were much much smaller. Now they were as tall as the […]
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