Back deck and patio inspiration

Since summer is just around the conner we have stopped almost all projects inside our home to focus on the outside . we never did anything for the outside of our home exempt we'll plant some plants in planters  and put a chair here and there nothing out of the ordinary because well this is a rental after all but since this past few weeks we have learned that the owner won't be selling for a while and that we got a two year renewal with the opportunity of purchasing witch we are highly thinking about it but well thats another story for another day .

Back to the back deck and patio we want to start in the back and work our way to the front since we use the back so much more than the front .


we have a long list like always and well we already stared on it over this past weekend ..


BACK DECK LIST

• power wash entered home 
• bring what ever furniture we have on the deck down to the patio 
• power wash back deck and patio 
• sand loose wood particles of back deck 
• stain back deck 
• buy wood and fabrics for pergola 
• start building pergola 
• stain pergola 
• build curtain rods around pergola 
• build pergola roof
• make curtains
• buy area rug 
• start buying furniture 
• buy {diy } some decor pieces 
• build some storage and extra furniture 
• add lighting
• finishing touches for back deck 

 BACK PATIO LIST 

• power wash patio 
• bring grill , table and swing down from back deck 
• buy area rug
• build dinning table 
• build bar - 
• build counters around grill 
• re furbish grill 
• put up some curtain rods 
• buy/ build seating area
• sew curtains and outdoor pillows 
• build steps to upstairs 
• build fire pit 
• add lighting 
• build kids play area
• finishing touches .

SO far thats all we have .. on the list but I'm sure will be adding more along the way ... for this projects we have 6 weeks so wish us luck since we have to give us a death line if not we will never finish also because we are going on summer vacation in 7 weeks and i would like to enjoy it before we leave and just come back to a beautiful patio when we come back ..

I put together with the help of my kids and husband some pictures of what we are going for with this  so we could have an idea on where to start .

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And thats all we have folks .. at least for now ...

Until next time ...

spicing up our front door

As spring came on knocking this past month we stared working on all things outside we took a break from some projects we are doing inside to focus a bit to the outside of our home is all about curb appeal am i right ..?


If you missed last post about our outdoor process you can catch up here..


Well our front porch isn't doing so well i planted some mums last year in some teal pods but that wasn't enough my door was a bit blahhhh !!  so i wanted to put a little spring to the door..i went on to my best buddy pinterest and found amazing possibilities just one really stand out to me ...and i saw that it was possible and very easy to copy so i did .

I graved a few vines that where hanging on the trees in the back of my home .. and i stared with that ,

i graved a few hydrengas from JOAN ,hot glue ,clippers {not on the picture} ,twine hot glue gun , hot glue zip-ties  ribbon (that at the end i didn't use)

i stared with making a circle or better said i asked the hubs to make me a circle of the thick vine while i made the rest . and thigh it with the the twine.

i cutter the flowers to the size i wanted them to hang 

then i used the leaves to disguise the ugly vines . (i could of made this project out of foam or anything ales but i decided to use things that i had around the house minus the flowers)

i also stared gluing the flowers little by little on top of the leaves securing them that they won't fall .

 next steep was just to handy on the door and for that i used the command hooks..(witch i heart)

hanging was the next step .and admiring my 45 minute diy job ...

Anything on pinterest lately that you want to try ?? if you asked me i have a never ending list from pinterest that dyeing to star and some of them finish ...

PS: ill have some updates of the play room so stay tune ..

Outdoor process

we have be en working a lot in our back and front yard lately spring is here and we are only about 15% done ..!! i know we have been here for almost two years and thats all we have done !! but yeah we both work outside the home as well as we have a horrible schedule and just things get in the way of other things  but slowly we have been doing what we can ..with the time we have ..



This is what the home look liked when we moved in ..

Now this is our garden by the stairs 

WE had to replace couple of the wood railing as well as the floor boards {weather damage}

               

we also replaced the lighting {still need to add more }

we added a garden of fruits veggies and flowers on the side of the house {we are planning on extending it all the way to the back patio }

                        

This is what our backyard looked like about a year ago...

                             


        This is what it looks like now.. {still lots of things going on }
    {don't mind the burn spots thats how we get ride of pricker bushed and undesired logs and plants }

 

This reddish pinkish roses are booming in our front garden as well as some white ones ...{cant wait to show more }

Front deck 20%

• fix railing and floor boards
• paint porch celling
• update and add more lightning {getting there}
• add sitting area
• DIY welcome mat
• paint planters
• diy some new planters
• bring some trees in or flowers
• add more flowers {we have plant some in the front garden, still a lot more to go }
• decorate here and there

Back deck 30%

• add sitting area
• add dinning area{reason why they are not on the picture is because of the turn ado we put all our backyard furniture in the garage a storage room}
• update grill
• build pergola {not doing this anymore}
• update floor boards
• secure railing
• add flower pots
• add storage
• update lighting
• decorate
• add area rug {we bought one online and i didn't like how it looked in the space waiting for a better one}

Front yard /garden area  15%

• add some kind of separation between yard and garden
• plant flowers{ we have bought them just not yet planted them ,will be doing this over this weekend}
• trim trees {and take out what we don't like }
• add mulch
• add separate garden for fruits and veggies{ we are still extending it all the way to the back patio}
• add decorations
• plant grass seeds in some spots
• bring down couple trees
• update lighting
• clean areas{half way done and then we where hit with a tornado }
• add wild flowers to the front tree 
• add surrounding  to the front tree 
• add mulch to front tree

Back patio 3%

• move garbage cans
• power wash clean ..
• paint concrete
• add area rug
• add sitting
• add some kinds of curtains
• add storage
• add flowers

Back yard 15%

• cut trees down {65% down }
• get ride of pricket and random bushes
• clean ground {10% down}
• level ground
• add fence {don't know if we are doing this yet}
• build play house/club house {already have plans and some materials }
• add electricity
• build fire pit {got destroyed by the tornado}
• build or buy sitting area
• add lighting
• decorate