A Backyard Improvement

This past Saturday, I joined my good bud, Lauren and the lovely Rhoda, along with some other thrifty ladies for a day of treasure hunting. It was awesome and I'm getting ready to share the fun the items I scored but in the mean time, I thought I should share a little sneak peek of what was happening at the house while I was out thrifting.

You got a tiny peek at what our yard was looking like in this post but here's a better shot:

Talk about a dreary, ugly fence.  The backyard is where we need to make the most improvements. Our deck is falling apart, we've got zero privacy and there's not a single spot to escape from the sun once mid-day hits. It's going to be quite the undertaking to fix ALL of those issues but after this weekend's events, we at least got it brightened up a little bit:

I'm actually shocked at how much of a difference the stain makes. I was a little nervous about how orange it was when I first saw it but it's growing on me. It's Behr's Solid Stain in Cedar Tone in case anyone's wondering (no, it is not called Oompa Loompa, they don't offer that shade - it's the lighting, I swear.) and we needed a lot of it, like a lot a lot. Apparently our fence was a little thirsty. Oh and by the way, we totally hired someone for this. Do you think I would really stain my own fence in the middle of a hot Atlanta summer? Two words: hell no.