Backyard reveal

I'm so excited to show you our new backyard! I am absolutely in love with it and have already spent a lot of time sitting in awe of the changes that have occured and how it is now an outdoor living space.

First: the before pictures:

The sheds after we painted them. You can see the white picket fence on the left, old fence on the right and scraggily grass.

The roots of the two ficus trees are all coming up through the grass, a big tripping hazad!

A view of the back corner



Some more before pictures right before we bought the house. Gravel and stepping stones, crabgrass and dying plants.

  The guys worked SO hard getting the old grass out. It took about two weeks for the grass to die before they could start to remove it. Two guys, working with pickaxes for three days and the grass was gone.


Dirt, dirt and more dirt!

 New topsoil was brought in and wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow they took it all to the back. The picture on the bottom left was our driveway full of dirt and by that afternoon it was all spread around in the back.

In the bottom right picture you can see there is a deck built (I thought I had a better picture but I guess not. I got my inspiration here). We had two built around the ficus trees to cover the roots and they are absolutely perfect!

Between the two decks we have a planter and it is going to be so colorful!

We are sticking with a tropical theme and wanted lots of bright flowers. We also have bird of paradise, cannas, lilys, grasses, and some other plants that I can't remember the names of.




Here is a panorama of the yard. It is so peaceful sitting out there, like our own little oasis!



We are SO SO happy with the results and even though it doesn't look exactly like I had imagined, I love it just as much as I thought I would. I'm looking forward to many, many days and nights enjoying our new space!