Curb Appeal... The Big Reveal

Thanks for being so patient with me as I plugged away on the final touches of this project.  I can't tell you how thrilled I am to finally have this completed. 

No teaser this time, it's the real deal.

let the show begin...

It all started with the suicide hill...

this hill was impossible to mow by myself and when I decided to stop paying someone to do my grass I was at a loss...

things needed to change...

so I took a good look around and zoomed in on my rotted old mailbox

and replaced it...

wait the mailbox has more curb appeal than my house does now

things were starting to take shape... I was loving it... no more grass

 but it still wasn't doing anything for the change I was so desperately hoping for...

  Rob the landscaper decided to get a little creative...

I would still have to get to the top of this hill  so he decided to create a dry river bed with steps...

 almost completed... the grass at the bottom was the last to be done...

so now onto to the next phase, create some curb appeal

 be sure to pay attention to the white piece above the window...

enter the trellis...

it was a start but still not enough... the thinking cap was smoking by this time

this was my dream to have board and batten installed instead of that stark white siding...

this was another part of that dream to make wooden shutters and get rid of the plastic ones

these past two weekends they both finally became a reality

enter Jay my new handyman...

as a surprise, he made the board and batten piece over the window to hide that ugly eyesore,

did you really pay attention when I told you too?...

I can wait, go back and have another look...

he then installed the new shutters I made...

 painted the garage door...

painted the trim to match the window frames

made new frames for around the windows...

installed all the board and batten...

 hung my barn star before he was even done, because I was so impatient and couldn't wait... 

like the look but too small... I am trading my GF for a 48" one...

one last look at the before... Denise get your bucket...

well was it worth the wait?... I love it

  

it now looks like the two pieces belong to each other...

and there you have it folks... ALMOST DONE...

hung the new barn star that I painted and rusted...

I added and removed the straps on the garage door, way too much bling going on...

installed the new lights...

this is the close up of the new lights...
as you can see I ran out of daylight again.

FINISHED

Thanks for hanging in there and waiting so patiently.

So tell me, what do ya all think?

This was a lot of work but so worth it.

Stay tuned next summer for the final phase of this makeover.