insta gate

insta gate
Originally uploaded by Julep67.

don't ask me why but I thought that this was probably one of the funniest things I'd seen in a while. Well, at least today.

We're having some work done our gate. The folks who lived here before us built this horrible, heavy, silly gate for the fence. I think it was built from 2x4"'s and it weighed a tonne.

Later on in the summer (or possibly the early part of the fall) we're getting a new deck. Our old one was here when we bought the house. Not only is it not properly anchored to the house, there is a fair bit of wood rot happening. It'll be so nice to get it done. We' ll be expanding it too, so it'll run the entire length of the back of the house. So nice!

backyard - after

backyard - after
Originally uploaded by Julep67.

the after is so much nicer than the before.

it's all neat and tidy and lovely looking.

yay!!

backyard - before

back yard
Originally uploaded by Julep67.

Our yard is about to be "beautified."

I'll post some photos later today.

I'm so happy about this, it's LONG overdue!!

better than holes!

bathroom - new lights
Originally uploaded by Julep67.

Our new lights were installed on Thursday. They are fabulous!!

I cannot get over what a difference that they make in our bathroom, it's so much brighter now, and the light is really nice. It's a very white light and it makes the room seem very shiny and new.

Even the tub glows more now, with the light reflecting off of it. I'm so happy that we bit the bullet and did this. We hadn't planned on it but when the fixtures were on sale, we just couldn't not do it. Now I really can't wait until we can get the living room and kitchen ones installed too...although it will have to wait, until summer at least.

In the meantime, the bathroom looks fabulous. Yay!!

more than just holes

master bathroom lighting
Originally uploaded by Julep67.

They don't look like much but, by the time I get home this evening, they should have little pot lights in them. Really spiffy, directional, halogen ones even.

These four will be over our big bath tub in the master bathroom. We've also had two fans installed in the bathroom. This room is part of the addition and had little or no ventilation before. We should notice a huge difference in the moisture (or lack of hopefully) in this room and the bathroom will definitely be much brighter!!