Curb Appeal

We totally sucked at documenting the awesome update to the front yard so you will have to take my word for it when I tell you that the new look is a major improvement.

Before: The front yard featured totally dated and overgrown hedges on either side of the front door. The hedges were so high that they blocked nearly half the lower window pane. Really, I've hated them since the day we moved it.

During: For some reason recently we started talking about updating the front yard. We discussed paying someone to pull out the hedges for us and were waffling about what to do. Kevin jumped full on on board the front yard renovation when a friend suggested he use the Tahoe to pull out the hedges. Man fun. So, ya, our friend Cas helped Kevin tie rope from the trailer hitch to around the plants. Kevin put it in drive and RIP! The hedges came right out. It was great fun and actually very effective.

After: Super simple, but we love it. It opens up the front of the house quite a bit. It's basically the same Camellia bush, two Japanese Holly, a Sabo Palm and lots of Aztec Grass. So, here it is... what do you think?


(And, yes, we know half our grass is freaking dead. It's stupid Florida centipede grass. We're working on it.)