At the time that I was house hunting, I wanted two specific things:
(1) A garage with an electric garage door opener. I had never had one before and the idea of getting out of my car on a rainy day and staying dry was appealing.
(2) A master bedroom facing the back yard. I envisioned myself building a deck with a hot tub off the master bedroom. The idea of stepping from the bedroom into hot, swirling, massaging bubbles was appealing. A master bedroom facing the front yard would not have worked.
So, I found a house that met my two demands and have been living in it ever since.
These two windows face the back yard from the master bedroom. The window to the left is near the bed and the window to the right is near the master bath (March 2001)..
I hired a contractor to replace the window near the master bath with a sliding glass door (March 2001).
Once the contractor installed the door, I began building a deck (April 2001).
Bethany and Daisy helped oversee the project (May 2001).
The deck was completed (May 2001).
The hot tub was installed (May 2001).
After installing the hot tub, I built a cement mowing strip around the lawn (June 2001).
The original patio was too small and needed to be extended further into the yard (April 2006).
I installed the patio framing, then hired a contractor to pour the cement (April 2006).
The patio was completed (May 2006).
A storage shed was needed, so I built the floor before assembling the shed (March 2007).
The assembling of the shed began (March 2007).
A couple of hours later, the shed was completed (March 2007).
A few months later, we considered a swimming pool (July 2007).
Stakes were placed at the corners of what would be a 12 ft x 24 ft in-ground vinyl pool. The cement mowing strips, which I poured years earlier, were removed and stacked (August 2007).
The pool guy brought in his equipment and dug a hole (August 2007).
The project continued with the installation of galvanized steel walls (August 2007).
The walls were completed (August 2007).
Steps into the pool were installed (August 2007).
Gravel was placed and patio markings were painted on the gravel (August 2007).
The patio was poured (September 2007).
The vinyl liner was installed
Preparation was done to add stairs from the pool deck
Forms were placed for building a cement border to extend the patio with red pavers (February 2008).
Cement was poured for both the patio extension and for the mowing strip (February 2008).
Stairs were added to the hot tub deck (March 2008).
Red pavers were waiting to be placed in the newly poured cement forms (March 2008).
A new lawn began to grow beyond the patio (April 2008).
Red pavers began to be placed (April 2008).
The patio was nearly completed except for
The patio from another view (April 2008).
The patio was completed and the lawn was
The view from the hot tub deck (May 2008).
Finished and furnished back yard (June 2008).
The view from beside the hot tub (June 2008).
The view from the shed (June 2008).
The assembling of the shed began (March 2007).
A couple of hours later, the shed was completed (March 2007).
A few months later, we considered a swimming pool (July 2007).
Stakes were placed at the corners of what would be a 12 ft x 24 ft in-ground vinyl pool. The cement mowing strips, which I poured years earlier, were removed and stacked (August 2007).
The pool guy brought in his equipment and dug a hole (August 2007).
The project continued with the installation of galvanized steel walls (August 2007).
The walls were completed (August 2007).
Steps into the pool were installed (August 2007).
Gravel was placed and patio markings were painted on the gravel (August 2007).
The patio was poured (September 2007).
The vinyl liner was installed and water was added (September 2007).
Preparation was done to add stairs from the pool deck to the hot tub deck (October 2007).
Forms were placed for building a cement border to extend the patio with red pavers (February 2008).
Cement was poured for both the patio extension and for the mowing strip (February 2008).
Stairs were added to the hot tub deck (March 2008).
Red pavers were waiting to be placed in the newly poured cement forms (March 2008).
A new lawn began to grow beyond the patio (April 2008).
Red pavers began to be placed (April 2008).
The patio was nearly completed except for a few half-pavers (April 2008).
The patio from another view (April 2008).
The patio was completed and the lawn was getting thicker (May 2008).
The view from the hot tub deck (May 2008).
Finished and furnished back yard (June 2008).
The view from beside the hot tub (June 2008).
The view from the shed (June 2008). .
And this is how our back yard still looks today, ten years after escrow closed.
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