Thursday, May 6, 2010

Removing the Ugly: Part 2

Original overgrown alley area.

There are some ugly things you don't want to remember. You block them out. You pretend they aren't there. And you definitely hope your friends don't see them. The last thing you would do is take a picture to remember it later.

Luckily for you, I was able to find two pictures of our "ugly." I really don't want to remember what that area was like — it was a literal nightmare. Standing in that old alley for more than a minute made the entire renovation project feel nearly impossible.

Same alley perspective with trees removed.

Alley meeting corner of garage, original.

Alley meeting corner of garage, in progress.

View of retaining wall and new side retaining wall.

Edging closer to the completion of the project, I am glad we have a little proof of its original state. The alley garden project is about 70% complete, but I think 90% of the ugly is already gone.

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