Home Sweet Home

I'm going to preface this post with the fact that I watch a lot of HGTV...like, a lot. Love it. House hunters, property brothers, the high/low project - I love it all.

Since the weather has been great and we've been using the backyard more, I've finally started on the backyard project! I bought my house about a year and a half ago and got just about everything fixed up that I wanted to...except for the backyard. So that's the latest project (still a work in progress)!

I found some pictures of the backyard from when I first bought the house and decided to do some "before & after" pics, and then just decided to do them for the whole house! ...hence today's blog post!

You can't really tell, but the original fence is about 20 years old and falling down (literally...it fell down on one side! Tacky...yes, I know.) Luckily, since there's new construction going on behind us, they put up a new beautiful fence...so of course I ripped my ugly old one down! Talk about a cheap new fence...it doesn't get any better than free! Now I just need to do some staining :)

I LOVE my home. Best decision I ever made. Want to know the best part of the whole thing? ...Making it my own, fixing it up, and redoing some things... All on a budget :) I enjoy it everyday and can't say I miss apartment living at all! Here are some before and after pics...

With a lot of help from my family, boyfriend, and family friends, my house turned out better than I could have imagined. I'm so very thankful.

Oh, and thanks HGTV for all the ideas, DIY help, and inspiration.