With D spending the last few weekends working on the side yard we have finally completed it and are enjoying every minute of it. Living in this house for 8 years we hardly used the space as it was fugly with a narrow rose bed running against the wall, one "walking dead" tree taking up the whole corner, an ugly concrete step and a gravel bed for no apparent reason.
In the early spring we said our final farewells to the tree and hacked what was left of it to the ground. We then moved the two lonely rose bushes to the back garden where we expected them to thrive and bloom in the sunlight. News flash - They did not. They died.
When it came to improving the space we came up with a custom seating solution with a wall to give us privacy from the neighbors and hide a boring brick wall. After that was built D then built a platform to cover up the concrete step as well as the gravel bed, with the same wood to tie the spaces in. The grey cabinet with sink and custom gate/fence was built in 2008.
We then decorated the wall with these gorgeous buffalo horns that we picked up last month at Brimfield. The majlis cushions were one of our Dubai purchases and they worked perfectly in this space. I threw a lot of rugs and cushions around to soften up the space. The Charmglow Bar cart was a perfect fit in the corner along with my faux fiddle fig tree garage sale find. Lastly I added the Navajo rug which was another Brimfield find.
We now use this space all day and all night. We light up the fire pit and watch the stars after dinner. Our own little piece of heaven.................
BEFORE
AFTER
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| This little corner was specifically created as a 'Reading nook' for our bookworm Aaliyah. |
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| See more pics here the DIY before and after pics of this Vintage Bar Car that once was a 1970s Charmglow Master Chef BBQ |
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| And then we added vintage filament lights ! sighhhhhhhhhhh |
There you have it.............our summer haven.
Head to our website to see more of our outdoor work.
Hugs
Lynda
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