Trees gone and some plants with red mulch put in. Looking better every day!

So the front yard landscaping at my house is crap. 4×4 wood barrier, red lava rock, and ugly ass overgrown bushes were around my house (I wish I had a picture of what it looked like before I started).

The plan is to remove all of it and redo it with smaller, more attractive plants, brick retaining wall and mulch.

Here is a pic of the project as of last week. A huge bush, like the one you see was already removed as well as 2 bushes in front of the house. One of the stumps remained, the others are still intact.

So my house doesn’t have a dishwasher. Been living here for a little over 7 months and it is torture to do dishes by hand. Luckily my fiance lives with me, and does most of the dirty work. Well, to ease her pain, I finally got around to getting a dishwasher installed in the house!

A week ago, Friday, I hit up Home Depot for some materials. Her uncle came by on Saturday and helped me to remove a cabinet next to my sink, install a dishwasher and build a side panel to cover the exposed side of the dishwasher. We ran into some snags with the electrical but it all turned out ok and got it done before dinner time.

The next day I hit up Home Depot again after I decided on a plan for the cabinet that we removed. I was going to turn it into a rolling island!. Got our stuff and she helped me with the project. We added a back to the cabinet, a top, and casters to the bottom. A little caulk, spackle, and some sanding to cover up all the seems and we were done for the evening.

Fast forward to this past weekend. We spent Friday night putting on the base coat (primer) on the new side panel and on the rolling island as well as a first coat of paint. On Saturday we did our second coat of paint and added a little peel and stick cabinet liner to the top of the island. And the project was complete!

In the future we want to get a nice large butcher block to attach to the island, but seeing as they cost a lot, we are going to wait for a little while before we do it.

Below I have a picture of what the kitchen looked like when I first moved in and what it looks like today.