our house

So, I used to have a workshop in the basement of our house. Only, our basement is finished, and every time I tried to make anything in there, I made a total mess of the house. Sawdust everywhere, it stunk like paint and stain, not to mention the holes and paint splatters that ruined the walls. Not really ideal.
So, this spring, we got a shed! It has changed our lives! The old workshop is now a guest room, the old guest room is now a workout room, and all the clutter from our utility room is now OUTSIDE. I'm sooo happy about it!

The old workshop:

Now the guestroom (still in progress):


The shed being delivered (yes, they just picked it up off the truck with the forklift and tractor and put it down in our yard!):


Outside before:


Inside before (obviously just an empty shed!):


Outside after (Maui loves that we have shade in the yard now other than beside the cars):



Inside after:

This is where we put all the camping chairs!:

My gardening corner (with still more camping chairs):
Can you believe this thing is only 9 x 11?

So, I've obviously taken a very long break from this blog. I didn't really want to post every time I got a new lamp or moved the couch to the other side of the room, so there hasn't really been much to report.
But! This summer there has been action! Gardens, flower boxes, a shed and a new front walkway! Yay!

I can't even remember what the old walkway looked like, and I can't find the pictures, so here is the new one! (I have to admit, we finished this last fall. I just didn't tell anyone.)

Then this spring, I built a flower box to hide the hole we created.

I then worked on our gardens for what felt like FOREVER! We have a very late start to the summer here, and we even had frost last week! This meant I had a while to get the beds prepared, which was good because it was super hard work. We actually used the sod that we cut out of the beds to patch up the front lawn, so it was about twice as much work as it should have been. But it was worth it, here are our new, expanded gardens!
Herbs:

Peppers, onions, garlic, chives:

Tomatoes (these were the only things that really grew last year, I'm hoping for another bounty!):
Zucchini:

Broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, snap peas, spinach:
I'm a big fan of the square foot gardening method. Not only is it easier, but everything lines up in little boxes, just like I like it. It's as though my garden is a giant Excel spreadsheet :)

I'm going to give the shed its own post, it's just that monumental!