Open House - Yard and Entry

Kimberly over @ Raising Olives and three other moms are doing a 4 week Open House asking everyone to post pictures of their house and link up! This weeks is the yard and entry. So I went out this morning and took some pictures, dogs following closely behind, on top of, and beside me.

 First off is the view from the front of our driveway. That is the family farm diagonally across from us.

And this is our house. It is a 70 year old farm house. I had the gate shut because of the 2 "little" mommy shadows there watching. I had daises blooming around the light post earlier this year, but I guess they decided to be done for now.

Here is a closer look. When we first moved in, the only plants were the three yellow bushes and the large green bush on the right. There was also white gravel in all the beds, yuck! So last year I spent most of the summer digging out the white gravel and putting brown mulch in all the beds. I also added the two flower pots and the hostas. 

The front porch now; the swing directly in front was a Christmas gift from David's parents and the rocking chair was from my parents. I just need one more rocking chair to for the spot where I am standing to take the picture. The front door goes directly into our living room, which will be another post.

And now the side yard and side entrance, which we actually use as our main entrance. The door you can see now actually goes down to the basement, and there is also a door from our kitchen to the basement as well. Also, my blog mascot, Caspian decided to make an appearance in this picture.

So here is our backdoor, or main entrance. You will notice part of the paint on the siding missing below the window. You can thank our youngest dog, Cody for that. He decides that when he wants inside to be fed he should jump on the side of the house to get our attention. Since we plan on re-siding the house sometime soon, we haven't repainted it. Also the plant hiding the garden flag is a giant mum that I planted from last year and decided to take over half of the bed when it came up this year!

This is a side view of the back porch. Denali, our other Golden decided to make an appearance for this picture. She was being camera shy and wasn't outside most of the time I was taking pictures.

Our back yard; we have 2 acres so our land basically goes to behind that second shed you can see out behind the garage. Here is another view from the other side of the garage.

And this is our back porch. I was able to get patio furniture this year, which was really exciting. David also got a new grill, which you can see on the left. We have had quite a few grill outs this summer with parents and family.

A picture of the side yard on the other side of the patio. Cody also decided this would be a good time to start playing with Denali right at the bottom of the picture!

Since we use the back door as our main entrance, I decided to use the mudroom/dog feeding area as our entry-way pictures. As you can see, the food bucket and dog bowls are out! The door in the picture goes to 1 of 2 bathrooms and laundry.

And lastly, from the bathroom door way, the backdoor. There is also a nice coat rack, as you can see being used, and I also have a shoe rack in there as well. I hope to someday have a nice entry-way bench and be able to hide the dog stuff a little bit better.

So there you have it for this week! Be sure to check back next Thursday for more pictures! Also, be sure to head over to Kimberly @ Raising Olives and link up your house pictures!

Heather