Back Yard Transformation

In the Summer of 2007, I woke up one morning looked at my back yard and knew I needed to do something. The grass was dead and hard, the garden bed was made of clay. The junipers in the back have been poisoning the grass too.

I started by ripping out the old bed which was made up of 1 x 4's held together by wedges.

Two trenches were dug to cut the roots of the junipers then a new garden bed line was made using 4" x 4" landscape ties two rows high.


Next I bought a truck load of top soil.

After a weekend of shoveling and raking and help from a good friend...

That fall I re-seeded the lawn and moved, so I don't have a finished photo but trust me it looks good.

Floors

In 2007 I tried my hand at home remodeling on the weekend. This is my sisters place, minimal amount of work was done, I used a table saw for all cuts although looking back a chop saw and band saw combo would be a better option.

Baseboards are the originals, they were removed painted and then replaced after comepleation. Some people do not remove the baseboards and instead add a 1/2" trim at the base to hide the gaps left behind. In my opinion, that option looks cheep and your better off to update the base boards or at least save the old ones.