Landscaping changes

 Our project was 4-fold:  the back patio, the stone wall in the front, the stone wall in the back and the foundation plantings in the front.  The upkeep on the brick patio was just too intensive and it turns out, we needed to re-grade the entire area.  Also a large percentage of the bricks were broken or damaged, so re-laying them would have been pointless.

First, the bricks were removed (many going to a friend's house to outline a new garden), the area was raised, regraded and laid with new stone steps and pavers with a ramp from the sunroom.

 After several weeks, it was all done and I'm very happy with it all.

New Bathrooms

 Several years ago, we turned a large half bath on the first floor into a full bath instead of re-doing our upstairs baths.
 Finally, we have finished our upstairs baths.

This "guest bath" had been the girls' bath for many years---it had been used and abused.  Everything was chipped or broken, so it had to be gutted.  We even painted the vent fan cover and replaced the wall vent and floor molding.  The toilet paper holder and a newly cut mirror are the only remnants from the old bathroom.  I am awaiting my daughter decorators to update towels, shower curtains etc.