Trees? What Trees?

It's 2015 already! I think we expected that our house would be looking vastly more impressive by now, alas... not so much. We've kicked changes off for the year with the removal of the two big trees from our front yard. They provided a lot of shade in the front sunroom but they really had to go. They were far too big and close to the house, were ugly from being cut back so much, and made a mess on the gutters and front steps. When I came home yesterday to see the new yard I was so happy! Here's the before and after:

I'm not sure that this photo does justice to how bad the front garden looked with the trees there, but this was taken just as the removal was starting and a few branches had been cut down.

 

After:

The garden just looks so neat and tidy now. It's obviously not perfect, but at least we have a space to work with. The palms were always there, just overshadowed

We still need to put up a front fence and decide whether we'll even keep the garden or remove it to change the stairs and entrance but for now this is a great improvement!

Loving our daggy little colour coordinated letterbox!