Fall is definitely here!

Here are the pictures of the front of the house I promised a few weeks ago! Notice no crate murtles.

"The Wall"

So we have this retaining wall to the right of our house. It has looked bad from day one in my opinion. It used to have vines growing over it(actaully roses) but the week before we closed on our house they chopped them down. So now the wall is an eye sore. So I think I am going to paint it! The picture below shows the wall as being a dark taupe that will match the siding. Rob is off next week so I hope we can do it then.



The bushes along the bottom of the wall are going to be yellow knockout roses. And remember the crape myrtles are gone and replaced with compact hollys.

Also we are going to try to get an electrician out to the house to give us a qoute on putting up two sconces on either side of the entryway. Right now there is just one light as you walk out the door. It happens to be right at the height of your head so therefore at night you get a facefull of bugs. I also want to put a recessed can light above the door. This is the sconce I really like:

Crate murder!

So on Wednesday I committed crate murder! Yep it was quick only about 30 minutes,a handsaw, and they were GONE!!! I can't believe how much removing the crate myrtle trees opened up the front of the house. I need to post a picture, but I don't' have access to my camera right now or the time, but shortly my friends. The crate myrtle trees where replaced by a compact holly. So I added some yellow mums and said "HELLO FALL!." Did I mention that I did this all in 60 degree weather. AMAZING!! Especially in Alabama. My mom is working on a fall wreath for me this weekend. I can't wait!
All I have to say is I love FALL!!!

Updated slideshow of the house...

Enjoy....because I know we are!!!

A little art project....

So I wanted something with scripture on it to go in my entry way.....after a lot of thinking I came up with this! It is the scripture verses you can get at Hobby Lobby. Then the background is a light tan. Then with the help of Stephanie and Jessica we stenciled on a lighter tan color.
Thank you Ashley J. for the shout out at Johnson and Johnson!

Ideas for the Living Room

So I have been thinking about what I should do in the Living room....considering there is absolutely no furniture (well I take that back there are two chairs in there now). So I have been looking for fabric around Birmingham - which is a joke. I have to say there are still a few places that I have yet to visit such as King Cotton and M's downtown. Hopefully, next week I will be able to venture down that way. I have found a few pieces that have stirred my grits,but then I found this stuff a potterybarn, which I am beginning to like. I mean why buy fabric and then make it, when I can buy it already made for the same price without the time. I am just saying that it is what I am thinking about right now. It could change and it probably will. Rob- thank you for putting up with all my frequent changes.
So here are the pillows? And Roman shade? what do you think?

Fall and procrastination

So I have been named the worst blogger ever by many people(ahhuh....A. Johnson). So what did I do? I created another blog....haha.It's called Grace of My Life- this blog will cover day to day stuff with the Bensingers. The current blog is just going to cover renovations - which I have a lot to update on.
So currently, what is going on with the foreclosure? Well Lots! We are just so busy I don't post. We have updated the guestbath, which definitely needed it. This is step 1 probably/hopefully of 2. The second thing is we are actually going to get furniture for the empty living room. People always say when they come to our house- they probably just haven't gotten around to decorating this room. NOPE! We just don't have any furniture. But that is ending soon folks! So this is the sofa I have picked out and in the very near future will be ordering it from Atkins Furniture(a.k.a Dogtown)



So what do you think?
And we will be adding two wing chairs that belonged to my grandparents. I will be recovering these chairs so they will definitely be a work in progress. But I am very excited to be getting some of my grandparent's furniture. It truly means a lot!