Brick Master

Progress on the inside often means messes on the outside, and that was definitely the case when removing the laundry room door and moving the window.  We've had a ginormous pile of bricks in the corner of our backyard since we moved here - and it has grown as we have done work on the back of the house. So now, it's time to put them to work!

The girls and I spent countless hours cleaning the bricks - chipping and drilling out old mortar, removing dirt and grime - so that James could get right to work when he came home each evening. Lucky him.

Even Darcy got in on the action...

He often worked into the night...

And then more the next day...

Weeks on end until...

the last row was in place. And pretty seamlessly, I might add.  

Next up was siding on the back wall.  Now if only I would get it painted...