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EXTERIOR of Our Fixer Upper

The exterior of our home is probably the biggest heartache that I have with this home. I REALLY wanted to make the front and back yard beautiful and inviting. I had so many ideas. I wanted to make an oasis for adults and an amazing play spot for the children. It was going to be amazing! However, I just never had any time. I am always busy. Every Saturday since we have moved into this home I ALWAYS had something that I wanted to do instead. I always had a project that took precedence over landscapping. The only exterior thing that we did was take down an awful wood shed, cleaned the roof, painted the whole home, took down a tree and put up a new fence. That about sums up the amount of work that we did.

Here are the before picture of the front:


After:

Before Picture of the Back: 


After:


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