Curb Appeal

This is one of the first pictures I took after we finally closed on our house. It was around the end of winter when we started work. Perfect timing to start prepping our lawn for spring. 

Fast forward a few months this is what our house is looking like now:

We had the large tree on the left completely removed and moved one of the bushes in its place. It happened to be an azalea bush which I always wanted! So that was exciting. The two bushes by the front door were trimmed down and the largest bush which was closest to the driveway we  removed completely. You can't tell from the before picture, but we also had a large tree that sat between our neighbor's house and our house cut down. It was pretty close to both houses so we decided to get rid of it.

We replaced the old worn out red shutters with shiny black ones. I was more focused on doing larger projects at the time, but Tony insisted on getting them immediately. And he was absolutely right. It made the house seem brighter and cleaner. Here's what it looked like when we got the old ones off. (Check out all those daffodils that sprung up too!)

My dad helped him out. Hard men at work!

We had the front door replace with one we found at Home Depot. We still need to get a storm door for the front, but we always use our side door so in the mean time we're good with just the front door.

Lastly, with all the tree removal and bush replacing that I mentioned before we had to plant new grass for those dirt patches. We did hire the best landscaper EVER! Tony and I don't know what it is, but ever since he's been tending to our lawn the grass has blossomed into some of the brightest green grass I have ever seen. Seriously, all our friends who come over instantly say the same thing. "You're grass is so nice! It's sod." But nope. Its ours.

There are some things I have on my mind to add to our curb appeal.

• Adding pavers to each side of the front door walkway
• Adding flowers around the azalea bush
• Replacing the mailbox
• Adding a new storm door
• Creating an edge for the flowers beds in front of the windows
• Possibly adding some smaller along the house towards the back of the flower beds

I'm sure more things will come up in time. So far I couldn't be happier how our curb appeal is looking nowadays.