Befores and Afters

Yea!!! We've been getting some work done on our house and it is coming along fantastically! When we moved in, there was absolutely no mantle on the fireplace...just unfinished brick that wasn't wide enough to set anything on. Well, we had one made by a guy at our church named Andy Rickerson (brother of Charlie). Here are some before and after pictures.

The Fireplace

Before picture...check out the 6 layers of brick above the fire pit.

Andy ripping away the top 3 rows of brick to make way for the mantle

lots of brick ripped away...a little scary at first!

After picture!!! We now have a mantle that we can set things on!!

Another after picture! We love it!

Another project we have is our front yard...this will definitely be a work in progress. Actually, when we were first shown this house by our realtor, we didn't even go look at it because it had such bad curb appeal. We saw the ugly white rocks on the sides of the sidewalk and the fact that there were no shrubs or flower beds, the grass was dead, and the yard was sloping and hated it. When we finally did go in it, a month or so later, we loved it, but promised to take care of the yard ASAP! So, thanks to our builder friend Steven English from cLife, we were able to get stone landscaping for an awesome price! Thanks so much Steven, for everything! We love it!

The Front Yard

Here is a before picture. Notice the flower beds...that's the only thing we've changed so far. Oh yeah, and that super long gutter that juts out on the right.

Here are some after pictures of our stone!! YAY!

I love the stacked look.

Love it.

We are getting another tree put in on the right side of our yard and still have enough stone left over to put around it, too!

The other side again.