Now that the office has been moved to the downstairs floor of my house, it seemed neccessary to do some outside "yard work" to spruce things up for when clients came over.
The stucco is rather ... dingy.
A fresh coat of paint goes a long way.
The paver edging was in need of relaying and straightening. Rough on the tender "keyboarder's hands"!
I think the results were worth the couple hours in the hot sun.
The other end of the house was a jungle of weeds and rotted landscaping ties. I pulled out all the rot first and then weeded out the jungle.
Another shot of the end of house "flower bed".
The downspout was leaking and water was getting on the porch and into the garage.
More dingy stucco - the dirt is from the stump grinder that removed an old stump that was under the drain pipe here.
A new drain pipe to move the rain water away from the house. I got a pile of dirt to do some back filling - but it was 92 degrees F and equally humid - so that waits until a day comes that I won't get heat stroke moving dirt!
A gallon of white stucco paint makes such an improvement!
Another view.
The gutter had a leak right over the steps from the driveway to the front door - when the leaked water froze over the steps were "tricky" - we don't need any clients falling on the steps here! I never rode a bucket before - and now I never want to do that again!
I decided to dig a trench to help the drainage around the back porch - hot and humid meant taking it slow.
Repairs to the down spouting after the tree stump was removed. Some more white stucco painting when on...
The day lilies never bloomed before - they were buried in the jungle of weeds.
The new trench with gravel fill. We had a massive thunderstorm last night, and the gravel remained bone dry as did the porch!
I plan to paint the woodwork soon.
There is a lot more to do, but its coming along.
