Front Porch and Landscaping Facelift

The past two weekends we've been working on the outside of our house, doing some much needed work to add some curb appeal to this place. Below are some before/after's of the front porch and the front of our house with new landscaping. I didn't remember to take an actual before pic, so it's a picture from when Dan and Patrick were working on the roof in May.

Last weekend Patrick's mom came over and helped us plant and mulch our front...we planted Holly bushes (all for you Holly H!), hydrangea's for some color, some kind of evergreen and some other bush type called a barberry. We also hung some fern hanging baskets, and planted some geraniums for some more color up front. Then throughout the past week and thru today we've been working on the front porch and front of the house...we scraped the old green paint off of the porch and painted it red, painted the screen door red, replaced the light fixture, hung black shutters (the old ones were green with heart cut-outs...ugg), painted wooden plant boxes black and planted impatiens, painted the porch swing black, and painted two wicker chairs black that used to sit on our back deck. All in all I think it's a great change...it was much needed and I think we'll definitely be spending lots of time out there!