Thursday, September 2, 2010

I'm back.....kinda.

So I mentioned a while ago that I bought a house. An old one. That was gross and needed some love. And I have given it some love. Cuz I love her. I named her Ella.

Here is what she looked like when I bought her:


What you can't see are the million of rotten plumbs,
 apples and apricots that needed to be cleaned up.
And by the way, those are not my cars.



Here is my house as of today.



It still has lots of work to do.

But so far I:

  • ripped out 3 earwig infested rose bushes

  • dug out flower beds that line the walkway (and planted flowers

  • painted my door red (red doors bring happiness apparently)

  • and dug out flowerbeds under my windows and along the side of the property
Still to do:

  • Paint the shutters black

  • Add window boxes under the 3 windows

  • pant bushes and flowers in the flowerbeds

  • make a new door frame 

This is only the front yard. The back yard need A LOT of love.....

11 comments:

Kip and Chantel said...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE your house... will you please come help make my house just as cute.

Karen said...

It's adorable! I love the white shutters. You must feel really proud of what you've done ... and I really love her name.

Crystal said...

You are amazing! Way to go. I need help, so come and tell me what I should do.

Mrs. Bennett said...

Totcut!! Love it.

Mrs. Bennett said...

Now post some before and after pictures of the inside!

Misti said...

Great job Miss. Talented! It is amazing what a little love can do and some flowers of course! Your house is so charming and cute! Can't wait to see all of the love conitnue making your house your home! Keep the progress pictures coming so fun to see!

Becky said...

So cute! Great work, I love it.

brooke said...

when i grow up, i want to be just like you stacy! you are too, too cute. you flip houses! you'd be good at it!

Tina McKinnon said...

It looks great... I'm with Karen, I really like the white shutters. I have no imagination, so I don't know how I feel about black ones... but this is darling. You're good at this homeownership thing!

Em said...

It looks awesome already! =0)

Suzanne@Meridian Road said...

Your house looks so dang CUTE!
You've done well.