our ransom has been paid… praise the Lord!

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we’re looking at a full week of weather in the mid to high 70*s, and with the time change, i have spring on my mind!  when i think of spring i tend to want to spruce up my outdoor spaces, like our front porch and our back yard.  as always, pinterest is a great place to get lost in inspiration!

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we have a couple old benches in our back yard that i’d love to paint like this.  actually, our neighbors just gave us a picnic table and benches (i know – awesome!) that could use a fresh coat or 5 of paint!

 i love everything about these planter boxes:  bright colors, weathered wood, graphic prints

we have a raised tier in our backyard that is begging for some creative use.  i’d love to do something like this on a smaller scale for my kids.

we have stacks of flagstone waiting to be used at our house and a nice spot in our front yard for a great patio just like this!

we are blessed to have a bright sunny back yard, but not so much shade.  i have a few areas i’d love to have pergolas for some light shade.

 we’ve used cecile bruner roses in past homes and love how quickly they grow and spread, and also how forgiving they are to lack of care.  i’m hoping to plant a couple of these at the base of our garage doors and maybe our imaginary pergolas ;)

 our front porch has to be waterproof since we have storage underneath it, but the waterproofing material looks like fleshy cottage cheese and i haaaaaate it.  since my husband’s company works a lot with concrete resurfacing and coating, i’m hoping i can convince them to try this out on our porch.  wish me luck.

 here’s the current state of our front yard.  if you remember it from the past, it has come a long way!  we (mostly my parents) are slowly chipping away at projects in the front yard and we may actually see something growing up there other than weeds this spring!  that would be a first in 6 years!

i know many of you are still buried in snow, but we can all dream.   do you have any big plans for spring?