shimizu remodel

Our First Official Mow

We bought our own lawn mower to mow our whapping patch of grass! Jack is the man in charge of the lawn, see him in action with all his power tools!

The man in action!

He even does the trim work!

The Office

Here is a preview of the office. We got the countertops in but have had no time to install them! Hopefully soon because my office is so nice, I want to be in it!

This is part of Jack's area

Here is my area.... I know it doesn't look like much now...

Cookin' some steak, Finally!

After more than a year we finally have our BBQ back! and boy have we missed it! See how skinny Jack is getting??? It's pretty cool with storage and a sink!

Who's coming over for BBQ?

Somebody mail me something, for cry out loud!

Oh yes! We finally have our mailbox! It's pretty cool. Oh the little things.

Landscaping Part II: The Front Yard

What can I say about Angie's work? The front yard looks amazing.

This is the pathway leading out of the house, the first photo is the pathway that leads to the driveway from the house. The second photo is the pathway that leads to the south side of the house.

These last two photos are of the side yard, when facing the house it's on the left. We cut out part of the driveway to add some hedges to block the neighbor and some grass to carry across the theme.

Landscaping

We are almost at the one year mark in starting this project! We are at the landscaping portion of our program, and let me tell ya it's coming along beautifully! First off we hired a landscape architect, Angie Coyier 310-266-1941, who did an amazing job of designing exactly what we wanted, incorporating all of the elements that were important to us. Check out her work coming to life... We start in the backyard. We have 3 trees going in on this side, a few plants, my fountain of course and then decomposed granite on top. It's almost a sand like material but it's compacted and compounded. It looks really cool and it goes right up the tree base. The DG should be layed next week . On the big slab of concrete, we will be putting a picnic table, and that's a bench behind that. Sorry for all the debris in the yard.

my fountain goes here between the birds of paradise.

Front Porch & Pathway

I can't believe that I am getting a front porch and pathway. I will actually be able to walk up the pathway and into my house, thru the front door! Like a normal person, what a concept! Check out our front pathway. It is absolutely fantastic!