Monday, April 2, 2012

extreme makeover: front yard edition.

our front yard was hideous.
it was hideous when we moved in almost 3 years ago.
and it was still hideous as of 2 days ago.

we decided it was time to change that. 
thankfully, my parents came over and helped us A LOT.
otherwise, it would not look near as good as it does!


it's amazing what a little mulch and flowers can do!

45 comments:

Jamie said...

Well done! I desperately need to to a little gardening facelift on my house. I am still trying to de-weed though. Oh well, maybe next year :)

Amanda said...

It looks so good!!!! We are doing the same thing to our front yard this weekend...It's been a slow start!!

Erin said...

It looks great!! I don't know how I'll ever keep plants outside a house from dying- I have a hard enough time with houseplants :)

Kayla said...

It looks awesome! Very beautiful!

Kara said...

It looks great! So happy for you!

Brittany Dawn said...

Looks great! I love the dark mulch!

Danielle Smith said...

Looks good!!

Al said...

Stunning!!! It's amazing what a bit of elbow grease can do to curb appeal, eh? Love the dark mulch, makes everything look so much richer!

Have a fantastic day babe :)

Michelle @ The Vintage Apple said...

Looks awesome!!! Come do mine now.

Valerie Griffin said...

looks great!

Jenny said...

Wow! That looks awesome! What a few rocks can do amazes me...Ok, not ROCKS...nicely polished yard stones. :)

Domesticated-Bliss said...

Great job!

Lauren said...

Looks great! We did the same this weekend, and it really is crazy what a little fresh mulch and spring flowers can do!

Samantha said...

Our front AND backyard both look like piss...so ready for some dark mulch. That always makes a difference. Your yard looks great!

Tickled Pink said...

Looks beautiful!!!

Miss Chelsea said...

Come do mine next please. Preferably before my party this saturday. Gracias

Melissa at Tall Blonde said...

Looks great! Has been our list for 2 years too. Hopefully in the next few weekends we'll get to ours!

Meg O. said...

We are in the middle of landscaping, too! Except yours looks like a million times better than ours...

Celia said...

We did some gardening this weekend too!!! I want to add a couple more leafy greens but oh my how the time flies! Yours looks great!! :)

ashleigh said...

Looks great unicorn butt!!

Crystal said...

Looks great Tara! It is amazing what a little mulch and some color can do, isn't it?!

Amber said...

Oh I love it! So pretty and perfect for Spring!

Meghan @ More from Meg said...

Great job!!! Looks amazing! :)

MiMi said...

Holy crap! That's fantastic!

Natalie said...

Looks great! We had wonderful landscaping when we moved in but no flowers and black mulch. After 3 years we finally planted some flowers and updated the mulch to red. I feel so proud when I drive up my driveway now, should have done this forever ago!

recipeforabeautifullife said...

Looks amazing! I love the rock border. I also spent the majority of my Sunday tackling our front yard. My back is killing me today, but the results were worth it!!

Megan said...

Looks great! Can you come do mine too?!

Christine Thomas said...

It looks great! We are trying to fix up our front yard as well. Lots of plans, short on money at this point! lol Oh well, slowly but surely I will have it the way I want.

Holly said...

It turned out so good!

We are going to do ours over the long weekend. I don't do well with dirt, sweating, and bugs - wish me luck!

Hutch said...

Wow, I'm super impressed, that looks great!

Amanda said...

That looks fabulous! I can't wait until the day that I actually have a yard that I can play around with!

Heather said...

Geez, NOW can I come over and see the infamous Christmas tree?

Meghan said...

You have a career as a landscape architect! Nice work!

Lori said...

Mulch is a miracle worker! I definitely need to remulch my front yard as well...we'll see when that actually happens though :)

Maura said...

it looks awesome!!!

The Pink Growl said...

Looks great! Yard work is hard, and I can say that because I did a little bit of it myself this weekend. Good work :)

Erin said...

Y'all did such a good job! Can't let my husband see or I'll be out redoing our front yard next weekend!

Miranda said...

it looks so good! i really need to do something with our yard this summer! it looks worse than your before!

Ashlie Ortega said...

This looks lovely! You are sending the motivation vibes my way! Thanks for sharing
Ashlie
http://goldenandlovely.blogspot.com

Christina said...

That looks great! The color brightens it up so much! I hate gardening, but seriously need to do this!

Life With Lauren said...

It looks amazing! You all did great so pretty:)

Haley W. said...

love this...so cute!!

Nikki Darlin' said...

super pretty! Way to go!

Crazy Shenanigans-JMO said...

It turned out looking great!

Cherie said...

I don't think it looked too bad to start with, but now it looks GREAT! Good job!

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