So it’s been a while since we moved in and we were trying to start on the yard before winter. Sadly all the companies we talked to are busy till well into the next year. So because we have to wait for quite a while in order to get some actual grass etc out there, Chris started at least cleaning it up a little. The both of us were also pretty annoyed with the dog constantly running around outside as there was no fence yet at all. But it didn’t make sense to put up our actual fence yet, because we figured yard workers would just destroy it. So we bought this super cheap and super ugly neon green fence on amazon (it was just the cheapest thing they had) and put it up all around our land. It looks hideous but does what it’s supposed to do which is keeping the kids and the dog from running onto the street.
I also took some time to turn the little nook under the stairs into a reading nook for the kids and they absolutely love it and sit and read there all the time. I even made the turquoise box/bench they can sit on myself 🙂 It’s a white IKEA box that I painted and taped over with turquoise chevron (I stole the idea from this side: http://elizabethjoandesigns.com/ikea-apa-storage-makeover/ and it turned out so amazing that I highly recommend everyone to try it out. I will for sure be making another one).