diff --git a/db.sql b/db.sql
index 13f23a0..bccefb6 100644
--- a/db.sql
+++ b/db.sql
@@ -1,7 +1,85 @@
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS todo
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS trees
 (
     id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
-    name VARCHAR(255),
+    lat DECIMAL(15,10) NOT NULL,
+    lon DECIMAL(15,10) NOT NULL,
+    species VARCHAR(255),--do not use yet, data type may change
+    age INT,
+    health VARCHAR(255), --do not use yet, data type may change
+    created_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT (now() at time zone 'utc'),
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS houses
+(
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+    name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    built DATE NOT NULL,
+    torn_down DATE,
+    evicted BOOLEAN DEFAULT false NOT NULL, 
+    icon VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    tree_id FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES trees(id)
+--  barrio_id FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES barrios(id)
+    created_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT (now() at time zone 'utc'),
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS barrios
+(
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+    name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    lat DECIMAL(15,10) NOT NULL,
+    lon DECIMAL(15,10) NOT NULL,
+    radius DECIMAL(15,10), -- area representation may change to fit leaflet
+	founded DATE NOT NULL,
+	dissolved DATE,
+    created_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT (now() at time zone 'utc'),
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS photos
+(
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+	image_data MEDIUMBLOB NOT NULL,
+	license VARCHAR(255),
+	source VARCHAR(255),
+	taken_at timestamp with time zone,
+    created_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT (now() at time zone 'utc'),
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS stories
+(
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+	author VARCHAR(255),
+	colour INT, -- format 0xrrggbb
+	text TEXT,
+    created_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT (now() at time zone 'utc'),
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS comments
+(
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+	author VARCHAR(255),
+	colour INT, -- format 0xrrggbb
+	text TEXT,
+	parent_category INT, -- I'm looking for a better representation of a rust enum
+	parent_id INT,		 -- ^^
+    created_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT (now() at time zone 'utc'),
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tags
+(
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+	parent_category INT, -- see above
+	parent_id INT,       -- see above
+	child_category INT,  -- see above
+	child_id INT,        -- see above
+    created_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT (now() at time zone 'utc'),
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users
+(
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+	name VARCHAR(255),
+	passphrase VARCHAR(255),
+	colour INT,
+	role enum ('contributor','editor','admin');
     created_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT (now() at time zone 'utc'),
-    checked boolean DEFAULT false
 );