Our place was rented out for a few years before we bought it, and the occupants added some interesting personal touches. This painted curb, for example, which looks like a red-blue-white national flag…for some fictional country. We planned to add a curb number anyhow, so obscuring this little number would be a bonus. The painted …
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Tag Archives: front yard
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curb appeal
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spiky plants
We don’t have much spare cash, so we’re doing as much we can ourselves. This includes ‘landscaping’ (this isn’t real landscaping, hence the inverted commas). So far, most of what we’ve done involves removing stuff. The time has come to start giving back. We’re fairly comfortable with choosing plants, though our tastes are undoubtedly narrower …
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front yard
Feels like we’re spending all our time in the yard, with not much to show for it. We’re tidying before the winter, and removing way more than we’re adding. This means plenty of action for my new toy –a reciprocating saw. There used to be a bush here… …but I got rid. And we stringed-off …
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tree city
Sacramento is nicknamed city of trees, so we were prepared. We just didn’t bank on so many being in our yard. We removed the only real problem tree, as I mentioned, but there are more on our hit-list. And things could have been far worse. This 2011 Google Streetview pic clearly shows the trees had …
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tree gone
We’re settling in well, but we just can’t ignore the large elephant in the room. Or, more accurately, in the front yard. Take a look at this early pic and you’ll see what I mean. Yep, a big ugly tree, slap-bang in the middle of our lawn. I’m sure it wasn’t born ugly. No doubt …
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eichler numbers
When we closed on our house (truthfully, a bit before) there was one purchase we couldn’t resist; an authentic Eichler house number, to replace the existing gold numbers, below. These are available through a Bay Area company, appropriately called Eichler Numbers. One advantage of buying before we got to California; we didn’t pay sales tax. We …
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