Backyard Progress

Our Memorial 3-Day weekend was anything but relaxing but we got A LOT accomplished in the backyard!

The firepit area is getting very close to being done now! Since my last post I finished staining the benches, planted horsetail in the boxes and over this past weekend we got the decomposed granite all laid down.  All that's left is to find a firepit we like that isn't outrageously expensive and I'm going to make some cushions for the benches. The circle on the ground represents where the firepit will go. (Sorry for the washed out photos, I used my cell phone to shoot them).

Next to the back of the house I've been working hard putting in all drought tolerant plants and over the weekend I completed the decomposed granite pathway! Not too shabby for a 7.5 month pregnant lady;) The plantings are a mixture of Rosemary, Rockrose, succulents, Lavender, Kangaroo Paw and a few other assorted plants.

The next project on our list is a DIY water feature! If all goes well I should have that done by this weekend! I've also been working on the baby nursery so I'll have some updated photos of that very soon as well!

Baby Nursery

Hello! I can't believe it's May already! We've been so busy working on the backyard and preparing for the baby time has flown by! I'm now 30 weeks pregnant and it's getting harder and harder to keep up the energy but I'm determined to have most of the backyard completed before the babies arrival in July! So in addition to the backyard I have started work turning what was my office into a nursery. This is a tiny room, only 9' x 9.5' so it's going to have it challenges. One of those challenges is going to be figuring out where my office is going to go now.  I'm thinking possibly a closet office but that is still to be determined. Living in a 2 bedroom 820 sq ft. house makes you get creative when it comes to space, we will see what I come up with!

Last weekend we went and picked up the crib and I assembled it, that's as far as I've gotten so far on the nursery! I think I'm going to go for a modern baby room look, no theme really. Just color, design, a diy mobile and hopefully some cute artwork! More photos to come as I make progress on both the nursery and the backyard! Have a good weekend!