We are moving on to the next project - trenching the backyard for irrigation and french drains. Since we're planning on building the deck along the entire back wall of the house, we need to make sure we plan ahead and put in the irrigation system for our lawn before we build the deck.
We have had some beautiful, warm and sunny fall days here in Denver. It's been perfect weather for us to finish the paint job and we're finally done (except for some minor touch-ups...)
We have been trying to paint as much as we can on the garage to finish the job. Tomorrow I'll post some new pictures, so you can see the progress.
Of course we do other things than work on the house as well. Rick and I went to a wedding on Friday evening, while Freya spent the evening with our friends. Rick went rock climbing on Saturday with a friend, while Freya and I played all day. I actually got sick with fever on Saturday evening/night, but recovered on Sunday. On Sunday evening we got together with some friends for dinner. Any time in between, we painted. :-)
Below are some pictures of Freya from midsummer this year.
Finally, I've been waiting for this for a while...
IKEA announced last week that they are opening up a store in Denver (or a suburb of Denver). Jippie! I cannot wait - I'm so excited! It's actually going to be located right across the street from where I used to work. IKEA didn't announce the opening date of the new store. Hopefully it won't take several years...
It has been raining today, so we haven't been able to paint. Hopefully it will clear up during the weekend so we can finish this project.
Publishing a recent photo of Freya instead. :-)
Rick continued painting the garage today. If the weather holds up we will probably be able to finish the paint job this week. It goes pretty fast since we are spray painting the larger areas. However, since the days are getting shorter we don't have as much time in the evening to paint. Fall is definitely coming...
See the progress below.
The creamy yellow paint and olive fish scale. The next step is the trim and accent colors.
Rick also had to cut down some branches of our apple tree, since they were hanging over our phone line...
The garage from the back alley.
Close up of our color choices. The thin trim around the roof line will be painted brick red.
While Rick was out painting the house, Freya and I were inside drawing on a piece of paper...
Freya is sitting at her IKEA table she got from her grandma Darlene.
Hi! I ended up taking a longer summer break than expected, but now I'm back - for sure.
Our garage is done and we're painting the side facing our backyard. We couldn't be happier with the color choice. All Benjamin Moore colors, light creamy yellow for the sides, light olive green for the fish scale tiles and darker green and brick red as accent colors.
What do you think?
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