Making progress

A few weeks ago I posted this picture of our backyard:

Very sad and not a place to spend time in the summer. Well, after a long day of working and 3 trips to Home Depot, here's what We've got going on now:

We still have some work to do, but it's coming along. Need to add some plants and things, put the table together, and fix the vent for the dryer (in the second pic, the metal thing), but we're getting there!

I'm heading down to the garage to stain a barrel/planter. I'll post pics when I'm finished!

What did you do on your Saturday??