When I moved in almost 7 years ago, I was moving a sprinkler every 15 minutes because my house has NEVER had a sprinkler system. I gave up moving the hose a couple of years ago. I also have never had any decent water pressure. So to make a long story shorter – I found a well guy – he was able to add enough air to my water pressure tank so it could service a sprinkler system.
Ignore the paint falling off the house – that’s another story, lol. This is the front of the house before calling E & M Landscaping in Brighton. Efren and his crew seriously had their work cut out for them. They removed all the dirt/grass, weeds, dead 6′ trees and dug a brand new sprinkler and drip system!
My attempt to start a border and use mulch.
This was day 2.
This is the side yard.
Side yard complete!
E & M Landscaping did an awesome job!!! New sod, new border, new rock, and new sprinkler system! I’m beyond happy with their work & great communication. It’s just soooooo nice, I feel like it looks like a home!
Side note – a front yard fence was not in the budget, so I purchased new black vinyl chicken wire and spray painted the green stakes – looks sooooo much better! Thanks for the idea Sherry!!
I’ve had a little help – Thanks Christa for coming over and holding up some boards for me & Thanks to my son Jason who helped me cut around the rafters. The last boards go up against the center 2×6 and it a perfect world I would just rip them BUTTTTT of course the measurements are alllllll not the same. It gave me a headache so I’m taking a break, LOL. The good news is that now I think I can have the A/C mini split put in!!
I did start the shiplap ceiling about a month ago but it’s been so darn rainy I haven’t been able to get back to it! This is the rainiest Spring we’ve had in years!
When I bought the shiplap for the back wall it was about $6.50 for an 8′ board. I went and purchased more boards, hopefully enough to finish the ceiling and I paid a little over $7 a board – NOW – they’re $8 a board!!
My first attempt at IKEA furniture. I purchased 2 of their Brimnes cabinets and I love them!! They were actually not hard to put together. I just opened that big intimidating bag of bits and pieces and laid them all out. The pictures were easy to follow and I’m really impressed. I see more of these cabinets in my future . . .
I decided to change the handles on the cabinets. They are 3 3/4″ center to center and I found this handles at Lowes. They are perfect!! I will say the handles that come with the cabinets are very good – they’re actually made of wood, not plastic. I just wanted to amp them up a tad 😉
So I had my first studio session this last weekend. The Studio isn’t finished – but it is workable. It went great! And I can’t wait to show you pictures of Baby Vince 😉
Still need to trim out all the widows, finish the ceiling insulation, finish the ceiling with shiplap and then the floor! I’m close!! And we’re hoping for a warming trend!
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