A Small Home Upgrade - $3!

 

I had already done a refresh of the area of our yard where the hose bib is a couple years ago, however I still wasn't satisfied.  With all of the recent landscaping changes I have made the hose bib area was even more unappealing and unsatisfactory so I decided to redo it once again.  Along with making it more appealing I also wanted it to be more functional.  It has a tendency to collect crap and debris and I was totally over it.

 

My supervisor is on site to make sure I do it right

I added a French drain which was easy as I simply filled in the trench I had already created with my brick edging with gravel.  Then I topped up the entire area with gravel until it was level with the rest of the yard.  It was already looking a ton better!

 

I painted and added this extension to move water further away from the foundation

Then I painted a piece of downspout extension ($2.98) I had picked from Home Depot with black spray paint I had in my garage and added that to my existing downspout in order to move rainwater further away from the house.  I think it turned out great.

 

Neat & tidy

I placed two paver stones on top of the abandoned sprinkler control box so I have a nice flat spot for my watering can.  I then filled it all in with gravel I picked up for FREE from Facebook Marketplace.  Along with an ice cream bucket I keep filled with fresh water for my kitties when they are outside and my potted basil plant my daughter rescued from a restaurant in downtown Boise and brought home to me, I think this looks so much better and will finally function the way I need it to.  No more eyesore and no more muddy mess.

 

It looks much better 😄

I am absolutely thrilled with how this little project turned out.  It just flows as part of the rest of my yard and functions as it should.  What do you think?