Like a Rock

Hi Friends!

Dont worry we haven't forgotten about you :) We've actually been quite busy with work and a few other things lately and have to deal with some unfortunate family things this week, but we'll be back next week sharing some projects and "How To's" with you all :)

I wanted to show you how far we've come with our patio beside our deck. Ian worked many many hours on this, and Im happy to say its finally done!

Let me remind you of the before:

and after many hours of carrying INSANELY heavy rocks back and forth from the car to the backyard, hours of cutting and levelling and and only a few injuries, here's the after:

Ya, can you see Ian poking out beside the house on the left? Oh wait, I'm sorry, you're probably focused on the MASSIVE DUST CLOUD that filled our backyard while Ian cut the rocks/stones. Even his eyelashes were white.

However, it looks pretty good doesn't it? :)

I love the side-by-side comparison:

So its much cleaner, the space is much more usable and once the deck and shed are stained/painted it will allllll match. Finally :D Im excited for that. We'll be posting on the process we went through to get to the final patio reveal, next week.

p.s LOVED reading all of your comments on our last post....TGIF really WAS the best, wasn't it!?  :)

Patio Lanterns

Yea Spring!!! We finally had some FABULOUS and I mean FABULOUS weather this past weekend :) It honestly felt like 30 degree's out! Im sure it was only about 14 or so, but with the amount of snow and cold weather we have had this year, we'll take anything above 10 degrees to be summer-like!

And with the spring weather we are getting just that much closer to SUMMER and patio weather!! Yippee!!!

We recently purchased some new patio/dining furniture for our deck (got a pretty great deal on it at Home Sense) and are pretty excited about it.

Here is our inspiration (and a sneak patio at what our furniture looks like!):

Im also on the look-out for some other key essentials:

YEA for Spring!!