Outside of the House

Okay I'm going to cheat a little bit and give you the one major project that we have finished. This is what the house look liked when we moved in -- well close, the bushes were even more overgrown. And yes I stole this from the county assessors website but since I'm mad at them at the moment I figured all is fair (whole 'nother long story).

Part of our purchase required that we paint the house. Hubby didn't like the bushes or trees so they all had to go, especially the one by the garage because it had overgrown half the garage door. I loved the idea of the shutters, but they were a crappy plastic type that 'melted' when I tried to spray paint them (and yes I used the special plastic spray paint). I am still trying to decide if I want to get new shutters or if I like them like this. What do you think?

I picked the color, but it is blue-er than I had planned. It works well though. Now we are working on the garden part of it, but here it is, our first completed project.