Pre-winter Projects

Knowing we will be TRYING to sell our house this coming spring, we've been busy getting some some things done outside before the winter comes. Move over "Get It Sold", here we come!!!

Before

And afterBy the way, these pictures are of our 3 season screened in patio adjacent to our garage. We totally made fun of these when looking for homes in MI, but we love it and have spent many a fun gatherings in this patio. Hmm, maybe it's time for another, now that it actually looks decent.

We stained our deck and the fence in the background (even though in the picture the fence is not stained yet.) They look so much better! It has rained since and the water just sits on top in little happy puddles for Lucy to stomp on. I LOVE IT! No after pictures of the tree ring, but with the circle complete and filled in with mulch in the center... it looks pretty snazzy, believe me!

We rewarded ourselves with this:
Come on, we deserved it!!!

(ok, the caramel popcorn didn't have anything to do with being a reward for projects, it was just so unbelievably good that I have still been dreaming about it and just wanted to look at the picture every time I look at my blog...)