Monday, September 22, 2008

My husband is a landscaper?

My husband worked very hard this weekend. He finally replaced the shrubbery in the front of our house. It looks wonderful! Our house looks so darn cute right now. If I wasn't such a paranoid asshole, I would post a picture of the whole house. But since I am a paranoid asshole, I can only share these cropped images.

The first group of pictures showcase the before and after photos of the right side of our house...

BEFORE
AFTER

The next group of pictures showcase the before and after photos of the left side of our house...

BEFORE
AFTER

Finally, at the corner of the house, we planted a beautiful Laceleaf Japanese Maple...
Although the flowerbeds look great, they still aren't complete. We want to hire a landscaping company to add cobblestones around the border. Unfortunately, we can't afford that luxury right now. But regardless of the missing stones, I still think it looks fantastic!

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23 comments:

  1. Laura MarchantSeptember 22, 2008 at 9:42 AM

    It looks so much cleaner and nicer!!!

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  2. AntropólogaSeptember 22, 2008 at 9:52 AM

    Very attractive!

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  3. ChastitySeptember 22, 2008 at 10:05 AM

    Very nice and simple! I love the Japanese Maple!! I really want one myself. My neighbor has one that they don't take care of, and I've seriously thought of snipping a branch and trying to get it to root one for myself...but I haven't, don't worry :).

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  4. UnknownSeptember 22, 2008 at 10:15 AM

    wow very nice, send him to my house

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  5. DanielleSeptember 22, 2008 at 10:41 AM

    Looks fantastic!

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  6. daniSeptember 22, 2008 at 10:57 AM

    john did a super job, christy!!! it all looks great:)
    love,
    dani

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2008 at 11:35 AM

    Very nice!

    I've been nagg...asking Joe to trim the bushes out front & then I want ot go get some pretty fall mums or asters for the front steps.

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  8. StephanieSeptember 22, 2008 at 12:25 PM

    He did a great job. It looks much cleaner and kept up.

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  9. amandaSeptember 22, 2008 at 12:29 PM

    looks awesome!

    is your husband available next weekend??

    btw forgot to tell you that i love the new look :)

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  10. AmandaSeptember 22, 2008 at 12:47 PM

    It is looking great, all the hard work has paid off!
    And i love your new look:)
    l,
    Amanda x

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2008 at 12:49 PM

    Yay! It always feels so good when a big project like this is finally done.

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  12. Mama SmurfSeptember 22, 2008 at 1:24 PM

    WOW! What a difference! I am thoroughly impressed!

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  13. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2008 at 2:46 PM

    how fresh and new looking! :) We are doing all the rest of our outside reno's next spring/summer including painting the house, I can't wait! Your look great! :) You could post a big pic of the house, just grey out the house numbers :) I want to see the full effect!

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  14. Colleen - Mommy Always WinsSeptember 22, 2008 at 3:45 PM

    Oh how awesome!!! Now send him to my house to give my hubby some training! ;-)

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2008 at 4:14 PM

    It looks great, Christy. Your hubby did a good job!!!! ;)

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  16. DanaSeptember 22, 2008 at 4:32 PM

    he did such a GREAT job!! your husband is so handy!!

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  17. JennySeptember 22, 2008 at 8:03 PM

    WOW! your husband did an awesome job! the before and after pics are amazing.

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  18. RachelSeptember 22, 2008 at 8:29 PM

    Looks wonderful. We have one of those japanese plants too. So pretty Christy. yeah John!

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  19. NellieSeptember 22, 2008 at 11:15 PM

    looks tidy and much much cuter!

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  20. KrisSeptember 22, 2008 at 11:18 PM

    I agree w/ the others, looks great!

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  21. GregSeptember 23, 2008 at 3:40 PM

    You should tell husband that it looks nice! The landscaping coupled with the BEAUTIFUL (this is where I am jealous) look great!!

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  22. TabithaSeptember 23, 2008 at 4:21 PM

    That looks great ~ your hubby did a great job
    love and hugs XXXXX

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  23. MarySeptember 26, 2008 at 2:26 PM

    It looks great!

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