Backyard DIY Adventures

Heads Up This post has Nothing to do with sewing.  I am a big Fan of Photo Journals.  We are pretty happy with the way our front yard turned out .....(see this post) and have been avoiding doing anything to our backyard for a little over 2 years now... 2 years ago we did a little bit of prep work to build a new garage (we still haven't done that either).. Finances for the garage are still being collected (if you'd like to donate.......*wink*)

Here's what the back yard looked like 2 years ago...

Here's what it looked like, rough, for the past two years....

Not bad, but there's a significant slope and the WEEDS came in like crazy :(

I didn't keep those planks there for two years *wink*

We added a fence to keep our wonderful puppy safe in the backyard...

and we did the rock wall flower bed to help level out the backyard a bit since we have a sloped road outside our fence... worked out great for giving some color to a drab corner.. (I love flowers..not so great with vegetables..but good with flowers.)

These past couple weekends we've started working on the backyard and now I am don't want to stop mode..*giggle*   Last weekend we moved the fence in the side yard to make room for our travel trailer...(that's a whole different story)
Before...

4 foot walkway

After...

10.5 foot parking spot (corner post and those two panels come
completely out for added turning room
(we are also fixing the fence holes from reworking the fence :)

Now I am backyard motivated....I want to make my backyard a relaxation ZONE!!  *Giggle*   Actually with moving the fence, the backyard is a bit smaller, and not quilt so overwhelming anymore.   Here's what it looked like prior to the Fence moving...

(not bad, just a lot of gravel and weeds... It was tolerable with my craigslist finds and re-purposed patio furniture.  I did that whole little setup for under $100.  No point in buying fancy furniture to sit in gravel, weeds, and get super dusty.. *wink*

We have given up on that the DIY Yard Crasher guy miraculously showing up and doing it for us...*gosh wouldn't that be AWESOME*.  But alas, we've come to the conclusion he will not be visiting anytime soon...*giggle*  So we are doing our OWN Yard Crash.. *wink*  Will just take us longer than two days, as they do it on TV...

A friend of mine that has an excavator, and he stopped by and did a bit of work... Took him 3 hours and one dump truck ....to do what would have taken me at least 3 days (or more) and a ton of trips to the dump to do!

This is how it looks Saturday evening when we called it a day...

Sunday... After a couple of trips to Lowe's...to get Brick....Here's what it looks like after working at the end of the day....  ME..yes Me..I did the rock wall!  while Mr Fantastic worked on redoing the gates in the corners. One is just a removable panel...the other is a gate.  That Corner post comes completely out so we can get a vehicle into the back yard... Yes I am feeling those bricks now.. *giggle*

The little paver walkway is temporary to try and help get the mud out of my house

We are thinking of a Deck that runs from the house to the (future) garage wall...that would make an outdoor living space...and help hide the OLD walkway to the right that we can't get rid of...

Here's the side yard of the back yard....

We are going to stain the inside of the fence, but can't decide on a color....

In this space I am thinking of grass and some pavers to set the furniture on... When Mount Rainer is out I have a beautiful view from the top section.  The bottom section I am thinking we could setup for a little outdoor fire pit..*Maybe* but will probably end up being grass.   (that wood to the right siting on the flower bed is all for the firepit...just didn't want to have to stack it three times..hahaha)

Hopefully this coming weeks, we'll get pricing on the decking, top soil, and sod.  And my backyard will be that much closer to being finished :)  Till next weekend... will keep ya updated :)

Thanks for stopping by and sorry there was nothing about quilting this time... soon very soon... I hope *wink*