Tree House

It has been busy couple of months transforming our grand kids play yard into something more functional. They really didn't play out there anymore anyways... and the upkeep was far more than I wanted to do... Here is the before photo I took when I initially made this area, before the grass grew.

 Here is the after....

I took down the fence that separated the backyard from the side yard and completely decked the entire area. Zero to low maintenance is my ultimate goal. I nailed lattice to the fence and planted ivy and thorn-less climbing white roses to match the existing fence this is now connected to. I've got the chairs all lined up for a party~

 We also bought two matching gazebos to go in this area. With the new deck added it raises up this area about two feet. The low branches from the trees that are in the front yard makes it feels like your in a tree house. Its really cool :-)

The fountain that was existing in this area seems smaller now that the deck is up higher. I am going to add some plastic fish to the fountains base so that the grand kids can fish in there.

I've also been playing with some different pirate things around the yard... sea shells & nets...

 Staining barrels, hosing off dusty things...

 I picked up two smaller barrels that I'm going to use for trash cans. You can see those in the lower right hand corner of this next photo.

 Lastly, a photo of my two boys, Pee Wee and Chumley. They were looking straight at me until the wind blew a few leaves off to the left and of course they just had to look to see what was going on!
If you know anything about cats, you know they only give you one chance to get that purr-fect photo then they are off and exploring the world.
big hugs,