Try to contain your jealousy, but this was the state of our backyard when we bought our house a year ago.
Then in the summer of 2013 we laid a patio of concrete pavers and did major bush removal and transplant with the help of my mom and dad.
Now spring has sprung and I have a new vision for the yard. So Saturday, we made the patio we laid smaller (yes in less than a year my husband agreed to help me pull up what we worked so hard to put down). We made the small skinny flower bed a hardscape bed that I am going to put potted plants on and we pulled up all that brick and laid sod. We also laid sod where we pulled up some of the concrete pavers. Up next, taking out the flower bed in front of the shed and making another concrete paver patio, purchasing pots for an herb garden, and garden decor for the long wall of the garage. And Scott wants to string lights up. I hope we get it all done this summer and that I don’t have a new idea next summer! 🙂