The After Party

On Tuesday, Annastazia proved that we’re not the only ones around here with great before & after photos of their home. So I know lots of ears will perk up when I tell you that now there’s a way for your before & after pics to help a worthy cause (and maybe even earn you a little reward to the tune of a $50 gift card).

One Project Closer – a blog chronicling the home improvement adventures of two Baltimore, MD couples – is hosting a blogging event this summer called Before & After ’08. You can read more about it by clicking here, but here’s the gist:

• Readers submit stories and photos of their before & after projects from the late spring or early summer.
• One Project Closer posts one each Sunday and donates $25 to Habitat for Humanity (in your honor, no less).
• At the end of the summer, readers vote on the best before & after project and the winner receives a $50 gift card to their favorite home improvement store.

Pretty sweet, no? We think it’s awesome that they’re hosting such a great event and raising awareness for a fantastic organization. Now we’ve just gotta figure out what project we’re going to submit. We’re leaning towards our front walkway makeover (since we did it in the late spring)…

… so cross your fingers that ours gets published so you can see the final afters (with grass springing up between the slate). Oh, and be sure to let us know if you submit anything so we can all check it out and cast our vote at the end of the summer.