We are pretty much done with the work on the house from the storm on 4/3. We are very happy with how things turned out. We have gotten lots of compliments from neighbors...either it was well past time to clean up the house (it was) or they really like it. Probably a little bit of both!
We had the garage doors faux finished. The crazy insurance people didn't pay to replace them (we had done that two years ago from other damage) so we just did the one really bad panel and the paint covers things up pretty well after that.
The paint colors are Pier (body) and Sawdust (trim) from SW. We also pulled out two of the damaged trees by the front, looks a lot better. Thinking of pulling the magnolia too...but will take time to talk Keith into a fountain I think. I also think we are going to add some of the stone next to the garage doors about 3 feet up on each side, maybe in the fall or spring when I am motivated to deal with that.
The playset looks a lot better, we need to order some new swings and rock holds for the rock wall.
And we trimmed out the house all the way around, something that people don't seem to do a lot of out here. Looks a lot better that way. Of course it also highlights our lack of imagination in the backyard...but maybe next year we will figure that out. If you want to design us something, we are taking ideas!
Another shot of the back
And of the doors.
And the front, so different without the forest we had there.
We are pretty much done with the work on the house from the storm on 4/3. We are very happy with how things turned out. We have gotten lots of compliments from neighbors...either it was well past time to clean up the house (it was) or they really like it. Probably a little bit of both! 
We had the garage doors faux finished. The crazy insurance people didn't pay to replace them (we had done that two years ago from other damage) so we just did the one really bad panel and the paint covers things up pretty well after that.
The paint colors are Pier (body) and Sawdust (trim) from SW. We also pulled out two of the damaged trees by the front, looks a lot better. Thinking of pulling the magnolia too...but will take time to talk Keith into a fountain I think. I also think we are going to add some of the stone next to the garage doors about 3 feet up on each side, maybe in the fall or spring when I am motivated to deal with that.
The playset looks a lot better, we need to order some new swings and rock holds for the rock wall.
And we trimmed out the house all the way around, something that people don't seem to do a lot of out here. Looks a lot better that way. Of course it also highlights our lack of imagination in the backyard...but maybe next year we will figure that out. If you want to design us something, we are taking ideas!
Another shot of the back
And of the doors.
And the front, so different without the forest we had there. 
