We got a notice from HOA last month saying that we didn’t have enough plants in our front yard and that we needed to fix the issue within 10 days of the notice.

First of all, seriously 10 days? and seriously they had to send that to us NOW while we were in the middle of doing our backyard? Our front yard has looked the same for so long and now they say it’s a problem.

Don’t get me wrong…we wanted to add more plants in the front yard eventually but wanted to do the backyard first.

BUT we couldn’t just buy any plants we wanted to add to the front yard. HOA has a long list of plants that we are only approved to have. So we made a trip out to the nursery to buy plants from the approved list.

This is what our front yard looks like, promise you won’t laugh at how bare it is!

When we got home, we decided on where the plants should be in the yard then my dad and Tyler started digging. I went inside to do some work on the computer for a while and came out to the kitchen. The guys were sitting at the table all sweaty and drinking water. I asked them how it was going and they said they ran into a problem. As they were digging, they ran into a big rock and couldn’t get it out.

I joked that I could get the rock out by myself. They scoffed and continued talking while I went to see if I could do it. I kept thinking about how cool it would be if I really did to prove them wrong! I decided to dig dirt out around the rock and used the shovel to try pushing the rock up. The rock started cooperating with me!

The guys finished up and Tyler delivered the rock. We decided to keep the rock and it’s now in the front yard by the tree.

Stay tuned for how the front yard looks. We have been watering them as much as we can until we can get our drip system working.

But here’s a sneak peak of my favorite agave plant.

The colors are so pretty and it looks orange when we water it. Now it’s time to finish the backyard.

I’m back with a most recent DIY project we just did! We had a broken wood baby gate sitting in our garage for a while. No, not because we have a baby but because we have a puppy that won’t stop getting into the cat litter box. But this gate we had was a really cheap $5 gate from Walmart that didn’t even last longer than 2 days.

Tyler was cleaning out the garage the other weekend and asked me what I wanted to do with the gate. Immediately a light bulb turned on and I thought of a project! I wanted to rip it apart and spray paint it and hang my earrings on it.

And so that is what we did!

Isn’t it so pretty? I love it! Want to know what happened to the other gate? Tyler spray painted it black and says he wants to use it. He’s not sure yet what he’ll use it for. I’m hoping it’ll stay in the garage or his man cave.

Ever since we got our new west elm chandelier up above the farm table, our (Knappa) light fixture from Ikea was laying on the floor in the living room. Tyler was cleaning up one day and asked me what to do with the light fixture. I jokingly said that we should replace it with the shade on our floor lamp in the family room.

I walked into the office to answer some emails and came back out to the family room to see Tyler using pliers to take the shade & parts off of the floor lamp. This is where I went crazy on Tyler asking him why he just did that! Now if the Knappa didn’t look good on the floor lamp then we’re shadeless.

I left the room again because I couldn’t watch him do it. He came in the office and told me he was done and I was nervous to see how it looked.

I actually was surprised to see that I liked it. It’s cute and I’m happy that we’re able to use it instead of just storing it in the closet/garage with no use for it. I’m proud of my hubby since this was entirely his project!