I can't believe how fast August came! We haven't had a whole lot of renovations this summer to post but I love sharing photos of our gardens and pups, so this one is a big album! We did decide to paint the wood exterior of our sunroom. There is a century home in Shanty Bay on Ridge Road that painted their mudroom yellow and we absolutely loved the colour against the red brick so we wanted to spice ours up and make it fresh as well! We chose a very pale yellow, Moonlight by Benjamin Moore, which is the same colour as our dining room. Mitch replaced two boards on the sun room that were a bit rotted out from rain from our lack of eves troughs. We then did two coats of fresh start primer and then two coats of the yellow. It gives the house such a different and welcoming look! I also painted the balcony door from red to Wythe Blue by Benjamin Moore. It is now the same colour as our front door.
There has been so much landscaping this summer and we are finally coming to a close with it. Our plants are all in and our grass is grown (except at the back of the house), so now we just get to enjoy our back yard!...and do lots of weeding. We will definitely add in black mulch next year to keep weeds down and moisture in. Plus I love the look of it. It always makes the plants pop out, and you don't have to replace or add to it every year.
Today we had our mason friend come over and fix up some brick work on the back of the house. I am so impressed! We had a lot of stain there from piling dirt from the basement (mistake), so he was able to wash lots of that out as well. We are now going to start growing grass there - story of our lives. Lastly, we purchased a new/used second vehicle! It is a Chevrolet Equinox that is much better suited for our family. It has very low kilometres, no rust at all, and is in excellent shape! No more cramped Pursuit drives for this family! This SUV came at the perfect time as Mitch heads off to school in a week for his last round of two month schooling and needs a way to get there every day! I am so excited for him to complete this round as it is his last. He will be an official journeyman refrigeration mechanic in November!
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