It's the Little Things

My house is getting it's finishing touches on it's paint job right now! The other night, I was amazed to come home to a freshly pressure washed house and patios and couldn't believe that the week of painting was finally here! I like to call our little house the ugly duckling, she has potential to be beautiful and we are making that happen! Today the outside will be complete and by Sunday the interior will all be freshly painted, including the nursery! So, when I come back from staying with my parents (since can't be around the fumes) all I have to do is come back and decorate!

I couldn't be more excited!

Here's a little background on our house....
Our poor little house wasn't beautiful when we moved in but we knew it had potential. But right before we were to move in one of our giant oak trees fall on the right side of the house and injured her, as well as the whole right side of our yard. (You can see our roof patch where the shingles need to go). Well not only did the tree dent the house but it took out the landscaping on the whole right side of the yard... see the mark on the right of the house from where my raised beds were, now it's just clay and in front of that are trenches where the giant root system of the tree was. I can't wait for them to finish all the outside repairs and painting so I can start on my landscaping to get my yard back into shape. But that might have to wait until after baby. Anyways...


Here's the outside after the tree debris was gone:

And as of this morning:

and as of tonight:

Don't yall think that paint really makes a difference?

Now just the roof is left, then landscaping time, for a finished look!
It's funny how something like new paint has put a smile on my face all day :)