bonnie & jason

Backyard projects – cleaning, bench, and playhouse

It’s proving to be a very busy weekend for projects. On Friday, we had the yard cleaned up by a couple guys called, “Manscaping.” I pretty much hired them for the name alone. No, actually, two good guys with decent rates. They’re going to come back in a couple weeks and plant a bunch of stuff as well as lay down weed blocker so hopefully we can manage the yard ourselves ongoing.

Here are some before and after pics:

Today, I got started on a playhouse for the kids. It’s kinda like a mini-shed. But it will have windows, a porch, and a more reasonably graded roof. Here’s some pics of Alissa inspecting my work. Everyone’s a critic.

I did make Alissa work for it a little. Here she is vacuuming up some sawdust:

In the background, you can see the other project that I finished up today. It’s just a bench
I had been working on here and there. It’s a design from “Wood” magazine. My friend Bryan gifted me a year when they offered him a free friend subscription. Yes, I get “Wood” magazine. Mostly, it just makes me feel inadequate… for not having bigger tools. I mean power tools.