My oasis.
The view of my backyard. What I've been attempting to do with my barbershop is turn it into an urban cottage. This way when the hectic pace of the city gets to be too much for me I can just come home and pretend I'm somewhere far from civilization.

I've made a path out of recycled bricks from the wall I tore down and then covered it with coarse sawdust so the bricks peek through in places and the path looks old and well used.

All the plants are wild flowers which have been mixed together and scattered randomly. The effect is very visually pleasing, especially when they're all in bloom. It's a nice, wilderness oasis in the heart of the bustling city. The little garden well is also made from cinderblocks recycled from the interior wall I tore down.

Yesterday I just laid out back there sunning myself and listening to music on my MP3. Best therapy ever.

I refinished the exterior of the addition with board and baton. When I bought the place the addition's exterior was just painted chip-board. It was apparently vinyl siding when the previous owner bought it. He tore down the siding and put up chip board which he painted (very poorly too) white. It looked like shit.

I can understand not wanting vinyl siding but chip board? C'mon! The goal with renovations is to make it better, not worse!