And Yet, Another Project Completed!

For some reason, I am feeling very distracted with all of the projects we have taken on this year.  The painting was the biggest of them all and I can't seem to find the motivation to actually complete this one.  Perhaps it is the enormity of the whole thing.  I know it will get done, simply because I can't stand unfinished projects, but I am becoming okay with the fact that it may be a few more weeks months before it does get completely finished.  Since, I am lacking the desire to finish this project, it only seems natural that I would take on new projects to distract me even more! Fortunately, I have remained focused enough to complete a couple of projects.  Porch. Done! Mud/Puppy Room. Done! And recently we completed the front landscaping project, so it can also be checked off the list, too!

Before
(I am really partial to those gorgeous blue skies!)

   After
(Don't mind the season change.  I am just so glad to finally get this project done!)

No more garage door, no more driveway, no more muddy mess and best of all, no more Swiss chalet feeling! Yes, this used to be the garage before we converted it into the apartment for my mom.  In order to get rid of the feeling of "it used to be a garage" we decided landscaping was a must.  Further we wanted it to have a separate, yet connected feeling so we ended up using rock to make a pathway to her place and also to our place. We really are so pleased with how it turned out. 

(Note:  Ignore the unfinished painting job in the following photos.  The main house really is done!  We just have the garage left to do and it is well over 700 square feet of stucco to paint that I just don't feel like tackling right now.)