Backyard Work

We had a problem area in our backyard.
It's not just that the 'too small' shed was 40 years old and housing an extended squirrel family ...
... the area around it was unwelcoming and in need of update.

Voila! An awesome new, bigger, shed tucked in the back corner of the yard.

(In the spirit of 'reduce, reuse, recycle' two of the walls are made from the old shed - after resizing, sanding and painting,of course.)

And after a thorough sanding, the floor boards were reused to update the tree fort deck.

To make the yard a little more welcoming ... a deck.

 

And finally, our garden.
Sharp eyes noticed a neighbour had taken apart an old cedar deck and left the wood out for garbage.
Lucky for us, that meant 12 foot lengths of wood in good condition.
So excited to get some stuff planted in here next Spring.

The backyard has undergone quite a transformation this summer. 

Now I just need to get some sod laid and it will be done!

And the other 2/3 of the yard is jumping for joy that it doesn't have a 'bad side' now.