A Job Well Done

We are grateful to whomever installed this fence many, many, many years ago for it not only made our property even more charming but it kept our girls safe as they grew. A few years ago, when an ice storm brought down a major branch and ended the life of the girls' swing set the fence sustained so much damage too. Many discussions were had regarding the fence. Do we take it down and replace? Or take it down and transform the look of the property? I'll let you decide which one of us held each opinion (and chances are you may be surprised). After finally getting an estimate from a fence guy almost one year ago we realized that it was time to send this fence into full retirement as it would cost us $24,000 to replace it. And so, with gorgeous weather forecast for this weekend a dumpster was secured and the job was begun (and completed)! The tree trunk near the mailbox will come down tomorrow and the mailbox needs to be replaced (with something much prettier). We are all in awe of how much we love the new look of our property! We four were worried it was going to look strange, or that we'd really dislike it,, but we are all over the moon at how gorgeous it has turned out to be! Yet another blessing of this pandemic is that we were able to get this major project done all in the span of a day! So grateful for this gift of time that we have been given and the chance to do so many tasks and projects around the house to make our sweet, old farmhouse (and her grounds) even more lovely! xo