A Summer of Projects...

When Matt and I built our home we knew we still had some projects that we would tackle in the future. We enjoy that...and it is fun to continue to create your living space. This summer has been a summer of projects!! We by no means PLANNED for it to be...but sometimes one project just naturally turns into another.


One of the first projects we tackled was a "little bit" of landscaping. We had already landscaped around our house, including the back, but we wanted to landscape around our fence to provide some added privacy for the pool. We were going to do this in stages, but it just wasn't working out...so our "little bit" of landscaping ended up being a huge project....but the results were worth it!
This is where one project turns into more! Matt wanted landscape lighting outside. We had used solar lighting at our old house and we decided we wanted brighter light than that...so wire had to be run around the whole perimeter of the fence. Lucky for us, our neighbor is super handy at everything electrical so he taught Matt how to run it. At night the lights look so pretty...especially around the pool!
Then we had another dilemma that created another project!! We eventually wanted to put stone down for our landscaping (we currently had mulch). It was crazy to spend a chunk of money on mulch for the new landscaping just to scrape it up in the next year or so for stone. Soooo....we decided to put stone down. In the end we figured it would save us money. I have to admit, I wasn't a big fan of the stone idea because I loooooove the look of mulch. However, we found a stone that is very similar in color to mulch and I love the way it looks (you can see it in the picture above)!

Then I decided some of my outdoor furniture could use a little pop of color...kinda crazy what a few bright pillows will do!!!! This wasn't a big project, but it made a big difference in the way it looked (on top of that the pillows were on SALE...loooove that!)

The other major project we've been working on is our basement. We actually started this project a year ago and we've just been plugging away at it little by little. As I am typing this we have men down there laying the carpet! We are in the home stretch!!! We are allll excited to have this project under out belts!

Home projects can be a headache sometimes but in the end it's sooooo fun to see how a little elbow grease can totally transform an area!

"It takes hands to build a house....but only hearts can make a home."

--Unknown