Our home purchase last summer included a patchy lawn and a dilapidated shed. The lawn was made worse when we had to replace our sewer line last fall. The robin-egg accents of access-point-protruding-PVC didn't help with the aesthetics much, either. (For reference, see the previous blog posting) Also, you may be able to see in the background the doors of the shed which hang very precariously on their hinges. These doors have gotten to the point that the planks (Battens - the vertical portion) are coming off their support beams (ledges - the horizontal braces on the inside) making them nearly impossible to keep shut and very difficult to open.
Britta worked very hard to clear away the extra dirt in the front of the yard and was able to prep the area for new grass seed, which we have since planted and covered with straw to keep the moisture in and the birds out. Britta also spread some crabgrass killer in our patchy back yard.
Scott worked on the shed doors, took them off and built new ones from scratch. Luckily, someone had recently special ordered some car-siding at Home Depot which was never picked up and so they were selling it cheaply and it was a perfect match for the original wood of the shed . . . now only to paint them to match (or, rather, repaint the entire shed).
After our chores were completed, we decided to take a trip away from Kirksville and get in touch with the larger world outside our small town by spending the night in St. Louis. Scott Pricelined a hotel and we were off.
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