Living Room Changes

While I was away in NY Justin decided to make some changes.  For a while Justin has been saying that he wanted to remove the light from the ceiling fan in our living room, I however objected to this idea.  I thought this was insane considering once the sun went down we do not have lighting in this room besides two small end table lights.  I loved having the overhead light to use when drawing or cleaning.  Here is this light I am speaking of…

And here is what I came home to…

Clearly Justin ignored my requests.  You win some you lose some I guess.  So no more light! He did however also purchase this…

Another taller light for the room.  This at least does give me some more light when needed, I guess he did consider my difference in opinion.  He also made one more change in this room while I was away.  And this change I was thrilled about….

Do you know what it is?

THE RUG!  He bought this amazing shag rug that I am in love with!  He said he purchased it for around $130, that is amazing for such a large rug.

Don’t you wanna just dive into that fluffiness?

And if your wondering where the old rug went…

It now lives happily in the garage.

Here is what we had before just to refresh your memory…

and now…

As you can also see there was also some furniture rearranging.

I’m loving these changes.  So I gotta give Justin props! Thanks for getting bored while I was away Just!

Landscaping Phase #3

Last I showed you our backyard was looking pretty good…

Look at all that pretty green grass.

Anywho, there were a few more things Justin wanted to accomplish out here since the new drainage and landscaping were finished.  A few of the solar lights we had previously installed were broken.  So, Justin purchased some new outdoor lights for the garden beds back here.  He decided to go with regular electric lights.  He moved the remaining solar lights that were still trucking along to the front yard.  He purchased the new lights from lowes.  Once he got home he started installing them…

Since the sod was freshly laid, Justin was able to run the cords from one garden to another right under the top layer….

While he was burying the new cords he came across this little guy…

He was just sleeping under the mulch and Justin dug up his bedding!  So he buried the cord and then buried him under the mulch again.  We saw him later the same night once the sun went down, we’re all friends now.  Once Justin had finished installing all the lighting he added new mulch to all of the garden beds…

Charlie also helped…

This guy showed up too…

Isn’t he handsome?  Love these little lizards.

After hanging out with the lizard I got some photos of the freshly finished backyard…

And you know I can’t help but give you some before, middle and after photos…

Check out how much the plants by the patio have grown!

I don’t have a before photo from this angle, but here is the mid way point and after…

We also got to see the new lights in action that night…

Aren’t they pretty?

Char man also hung out to check out the lighting…

It was already past Zack’s bed time.

We are thrilled with our backyard now.  We may have some other ideas for the the fence and possibly another little garden. For now we are just happy to sit on the porch and enjoy the unflooded yard!  It’s a far cry from this…

Don’t you think?  PS the drainage works.   Here is a photo I took immediately after a down pour…

BOOM! Do you see a drainage issue?  I think not!

Bye Bye Chandelier

When you first enter our house you see some pretty phenomenal light fixtures.  This…

and of course this…

Unfortunately, I think it is time to part with both of them.  Justin went to Lowe’s and got this…

Then he went to town installing that bad boy…

I thought that we should put the fan in the dining room area to replace the chandelier, but Justin really wanted it in front of the door in the front foyer.   Since he is the installer he gets last say…

Turns out he was right.  I think it looks great there.  As you may have noticed on the box the fan did indeed come with a light.  Justin didn’t install the light because he said he “thought it would look ugly.” And that’s that.

I love the fan Justin chose.  It hangs about a foot down from the ceiling and it has mini fan blades.  Its the perfect size for that spot.  Justin then took down the chandelier and brought it to the curb.  It was gone within about half hour.   I guess someone else will be enjoying that stylish chandelier in their home.  Justin then replaced the chandelier with a good old boob light.

Want to see the light in action?

Boom! It works.  Here’s a shot with both lights…

I do miss the chandelier, but guess I’ll have to make due without.  We have almost rid the house of gold fixtures now. Woo hoo.