I’m so excited!! Sometimes I wonder when I come here to the blog & share with you guys something if you think it’s “insignificant” or not worth an update, but I want you to know that I genuinely find all of this exciting so I get excited to come and show you guys. Even when the projects are finished or are in a major in between like our yard is right now. Ya’ll we started from all of this….
& went to this the other day when we removed it all…
& now after this weekend, we are here…
It seems pretty minimal at the moment with all the new baby plants, but oh so clean & that’s exactly what we wanted. We started by removing all of the dead pine trees on the property. We then took out all of the landscaping from around the entire house which was A LOT. Too much to show or count. We had all of the beds shortened [all the dark wood chip areas are the new beds] & we down sized all the areas of landscaping. We turned many of the beds into grass [all the hay areas are now going to be grass] & we re-planted only hydrangeas & boxwoods to keep it all simple. & by we, I mean WildWood Family Farms that is local to us. They are doing such an amazing job & I can’t wait for all of this to bloom & grow next year. Well guys, we aren’t done yet… this is just one side of the house that has been worked on, but there is a lot more to go. This is an exciting update because our house looks SO MUCH different already with the new landscaping.. I can’t wait to see the rest done. What do you guys think of the cleanup so far? I will be back very soon with more updates & a closer look at how our landscape is coming along. Let me know in the comments below, find me on Facebook, & chat with me on Instagram. Thank you guys SO MUCH for following this fixer-upper journey of ours. xx
How exciting! I love that y’all just GO FOR THINGS!
One question… why save the palmy tree?? I’m sure there’s got to be a reason
I’m sure it will look beautiful when it fills in but I am very surprised that you took out all of the established trees. Trees take years to grow! That blue spruce was gorgeous!
I too., would have left the blue spruce. It was gorgeous!! Maybe there was a lot of dead in it we couldn’t see? I like the cleaned up look and I’m sure as the plants grow and fill in it will be equally as beautiful. The tree you left looks a little scraggly, not a fan.
I am in love with hydrangeas! I would like to plant one for each of my grandbabies. Can you tell me what variety you planted?
Love the new curb appeal. So refreshing and clean.!
Wow, that really opened things up. I didn’t realize how big your house is. Looks nice.
Saddened to see all the established, mature planting gone. But this change will make the house truly yours. I had not realized how plain the exterior of your house actually was, with all the planting around it kind of dressing it up… But, expect that will change with time, also.
I do hope that blue spruce and heirloom rose got new homes, along with all that ground cover. It takes years to get ground cover to really fill in. Someone would have appreciated getting it given to them, I am sure.
Looks like a new house!
Very nice!! Love the clean look.
I love it! Landscaping, like decorating, is a very personal choice. While the previous landscape design worked for the former owner, it’s nice to be able to bring in your favorite plants and style. Sometimes that means, removing the former and starting over. Opening the area up allows us to see the beauty and character of the house. Like the restoration you are doing inside, no doubt the outside will be equally beautiful!
What a gorgeous house, and now you can really see it! I adore hydrangea and boxwoods and they both will look great as they grow!
Love it. So much simpler.
Your house is so much bigger than it looked before with what looks like a covered walkway in the back, I had never noticed that before. Yal have done so much in such a short time with everything, are you sure yal didn’t win the lottery lol. The house is beautiful and so is the property, I liked the old spruce tree also, but yal are such a young couple that whatever you plant tree wise you will get to admire each year, how much it grows and talk about it every season. We love working in our yard and are 1 of a few homes near us that even bothered to have planted anything when we moved in, and we are so glad we did and those people wish they had. We have been here 15 years now and were just a couple years older than yal. Choose wisely and if you decide to pant any trees think of the changing of seasons and what they can bring to the appearance of the farm during that time. I promise you won’t regret it.
Looks Great!!
As a gardener it breaks my heart to see what took years of loving toil and tending just torn out. You could have tried thinning it out first and giving the plants to neighbors.
If I were you, I would have done the exact same thing. Love love love every part. I have a smaller version of my own that I did this year with Annabelle’s and boxwood. The other plants just didn’t say “farmhouse” to me. You did good!
Sigh….sort of like looking at a piece of antique silver after the patina that made it so beautiful was removed.
I am loving it! It looks more farmhouse now and you can really appreciate the structure of your home and all those beautiful windows. I do think ya’ll did the right thing. We have had to pull up lots of ground cover here too. It just takes over and can get quite messy looking. You have a beautiful home!
Dont want to make you feel bad I love your style, and it looks wonderful But all those beautiful plants and trees From pics it looked like there was something to discover everyday and every season! I would love seeing the bee hives and the gardens.pumpkins!
Coming along nicely.