A sad area comes to life!

If only you could have seen the garden of this neglected house that we bought! There was NO grass just dog crapola EVERYWHERE!! The plants were crying out for water and soft words..... yip, I walked (and still do) around the garden and told them how I loved them so and how proud I was of their growth!!!!









We did not have to plant much in this area. We just had to administer time, water and 3 fun loving kids to complete the picture!
Love Fifi

First appearances are important....... with houses that is!

Okay... so this house really comes short in the "first appearance" category.Driving down the driveway, you do not get that feeling of " I can't wait to see inside". No quite the opposite!
This is what the lead up to the front door looked like in March 2006........

This is what it looked like in November 2006..............................
The roses to the right are full of buds. The wooden trellises break the heavy concrete look!

Below...... was what you saw as you drove through the front gates......

This is a much better reception.....AGREED?

What would this posting be without a pic of my little girl smelling the lavender?

We still need to work a lot more on the house's "first appearance". But that I will cover in another post!

Love Fee

Tennis court resurfacing

The tennis court was a shocker...... the boys would use it as their mountain bike track!

The boys and I enjoy tennis...... we're desperate for Hubby to join us on the court! We promised not to laugh!

Due to a lot of rain, the resurfacing took 2 weeks to complete. We are very happy with the result!

Love Fee

Swimming Pool overhaul!

In Jan 2006 we bought a VERY unloved and neglected house. In 2 months we basically stripped it to it's shell, knocked through a few walls, put in a new kitchen, layed new flooring throughout and are still in the process of tranforming it into a beautiful home.
So here is the Swimming Pool BEFORE............









The pool had been empty for 5 years and was badly cracked. Here it is AFTER we fibre glassed it and installed a new pump...............



Love Fee

Kitchen Renovation

I wanted to share with you, some of the renovations Hubby and I have done to our present house. Older readers may have seen this before!We bought this house in Jan 2006.We gutted the whole inside, knocked out a few interior walls and 2 months on we moved in. Somewhere in between these words, we did a WHOLE LOT of work to it.First we did the kitchen. Before...........................

After....................

We chose a very neutral scheme for resale purposes.
love Fee