LIFE: the backyard / before

when we moved in, our backyard was a mess. with ivy everywhere, it looked like a jungle and was in desperate need of some TLC. so the past few weekends were spent entirely working outside. and thanks to viennese summer, we even had to work in the rain. which, by the way, was more fun than we first thought.
now nearly all ivy is gone, the trees have been cut and new paths were built. tomorrow we will get our deckchairs and then the upper deck only needs a few more finishing touches (like adding some new accessoires) and it´s DONE!
here is a pic of what it looked like BEFORE!