Here is the after. The baskets hold a lot more than I expected. They also give the cupboard some nice division which makes them so much easier to organize.
Close up:
I attached some ribbon to the center tile with hot glue to hang earrings. I felt pretty genius.
There were 3 big concrete stumps in the ground that supported the deck that was in the back yard before the previous owners took it out and then did nothing, thanks!
We hired a landscaper to come remove the concrete things, till and level the yard. The yard was very lumpy and had potholes all over.
This is the yard after the landscapers were done, nice and flat.
Oh and our new tree. It is a fern pine. We wanted an evergreen tree because we have enough leaves in the front yard cover a small island, no joke.
My dad was awesome enough to come help us move sprinklers and put new heads on the current sprinklers....my dad rocks!
Last step was the easiest: seeding the lawn. We thought about sod but the money we could save quickly changed my mind.
We spent a Saturday afternoon not long ago looking for bar stools. In conclusion the tall ones are pricey and of course we needed tall ones. We could not find any we liked that a store also had 2 of...we could only find them in pairs??!?! I came home and poked around on the internet and found these at Target for 32 bucks! Killer deal. They fit in nicely with the rest of the dinning/living room area.
This is my favorite thing in my whole house: the picture wall. I always loved the picture wall in my grandma's house and knew I would have to have one. We have been collecting different blacks frames for a while. I picked some of my favorite pictures and had them printed in black and white. It is looking great. I want to add a few more but for now it looks awesome!
Here are some of my favorites. Some are blurry but you get the idea.
I took this one during our trip to GA with Mike's Family. It is Mike, his brother Joey and Mike's dad Bob walking down the little fishing pier at like 6 am 
My grandpa and I
My mama and me. In this picture she is wearing her original wedding ring which had the diamond that is currently in my wedding ring.
Brand new baby Mike and his dad. 
Noah and grandpa (my dad). Grandpa was showing him how his new Kawasaki quad works. Of course it was a gift for Noah's first birthday from Grandpa.
A year ago today I became Mrs. Bailey. By far the happiest day of my life to date. My first year as a wife flew by but was really exciting. We got married in March, bought a house is October, and welcomed a new member to our family, Sadie the cat.
This is us cutting our cake. Everyone loved the cake and with good reason. It was awesome. Our baker, Stephanie from Gimme Some Sugar, made us a 6 inch cake for our anniversary instead of having to eat some gross year old frozen cake. Mike wanted cinnamon and it was a good choice. Very tasty!
I have had my eye on this wall hanging for our bedroom for a while. I found it at JC Penny for $140. I would NEVER pay that much for well anything. I saw it was one sale for half price last week but $70 is still too much for me. But then I see it is part of the early bird sale on Saturday morning. So my mom and I got up early and headed to the sale. I got the picture half off plus another 15% off PLUS I had a coupon for $15 off. I also got a bathroom rug so the price of the picture was $48. I am so proud of my bargain hunting skills! Mike hung it today and it looks awesome!
Dishwasher after:
Range before:
Range/microwave after:
Here is the new and improved garage. Everything has a place now. All our camping gear is tucked away and together ready for spring. We also have our recycling cans all set up again.
Here is Gidget(Yes I name the car too) on the right and the Saturn (Mike didn't name his car anything festive blah!) It is great to get in the car in the cold morning and not have to freeze for half the drive to work and no de-icing the windows in the cold!
