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4/24/2020

Backyard
ambience

Home Reno

Time for some beautification with the finer details to our backyard!

Landscape Lighting
Landscape lighting can not only help you safely walk through your yard, but it is visually pleasing. Who wouldn't want to look at this out their window while you are cooking dinner!? We have chosen to, of course, light paths for safety but we are also highlighting the plants. This extends our living space from inside to outside, creating a warm and comfortable exterior room. A little ambience can go a long way! Lighting purchased from The Home Depot

Plants
With a pick up full of plants it was time to bring a little more color to the yard. The main reason for selecting the plants was for structure and color. When in bloom the majority of the plants are pink or white.

Think if Jeff would have known that the pink would end being the inspiration for all the furniture "we" ended up selecting, he might have chosen differently :-)

All the plants were purchased from Echter's Garden in Arvada and The Tree Farm in Longmont.

You can see why I mentioned above that the colors in our roses are what inspired the outdoor furniture. Great pop of color to our neutral backdrop.

Plant Selections
Maiden Grass
Spirea, Little Princess Pink
Spirea, Goldmound Pink
Rose,Livin' Easy
Dogwood, Ivory Halo

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4/18/2020

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backyard
progress

Home
Reno

PROGRESS UPDATE #2
With our base set, we could start adding in some finishes!

Missed update #1? CLICK HERE

We wanted some outdoor seating so we placed 12 x 24 pavers at the end of the grass, creating a focal point for our outdoor dining table. We also extend those pavers to the existing concrete creating a path the leads you through the backyard.

JEFF'S HE SHED :-)
a nice space for him to store all of the tools he needs for the home reno work. The shed was purchased from Home Depot and assembled by Jeff and his coworker (Thanks Tim H!) Cabinets on the back wall were purchased from Habitat for Humanity and the open shelving on the side were site built by Jeff.

PERGOLA
And the best for last, the pergola! Jeff knocked this out in just a few days... by himself. Impressed? Back off ladies (and gentlemen) he's mine ;-) All the material and hardware was purchased from Jordan's Building Center here in Wheatridge.

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4/6/2020

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backyard progress

Home
Reno

PROGRESS UPDATE #1
I posted about the backyard waaaaay back in 2017 and with the Spring tease in full swing here is a quick backyard recap! This is the area I have been the most excited about updating. We started working on the backyard in 2017 but last two summers we made some great progress!

BEFORE
The backyard was one of the main features that attracted us to the house. Sadly one of the first steps we had to take was to remove a few trees. Fast growing roots headed towards the house wasn't worth the risk!

DEMO
Awnings were only held up by two nails, which made removal easy! The trees were another story. To save some money my husband spent a full weekend tediously sawing the roots so they could be removed and ground quickly by a professional crew.

PREP
Once the trees were removed and scraps of the awning were recycled, prep for sod and mulch began. The ground was leveled and the tree roots were ground and placed through the yard as fertilizer. Again to save, my husband rented a rototiller from a local shop to do the work himself. (think his arms are still tired!)

We sectioned off the areas we wanted sod and laid weed barrier where we wanted plantings. Sod was laid Memorial Day weekend 2017 and besides the spots from the new additional of a dog to the family, sod is doing great!

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