The garden is an extension of your home, so there is no reason you can’t give just as much attention to your outdoor patio as you do your indoor rooms! Just remember to look at…
Browsing Category DIY Projects
Browse all our posts on DIY projects! DIY backyard garden ideas and tutorials for every gardener, from beginning to advanced. Everything from making DIY backyard furniture to learning how to build a fire pit. Use some of these garden ideas to create an outdoor space you will love. Pick a few of these DIY garden projects, and get inspired!
Creative DIY Mosaic Garden Projects
I love bringing art into the garden. Even better if it turns out to be a fun project at the same time. These DIY mosaic garden projects are both practical and beautiful, and have complete…
18 DIY Potting Benches You’ll Want to Show Off
If you garden at all, you need a potting bench! Why? Yes, you could transplant those seedlings on the back patio, and you could re-pot all your houseplants, all on a newspaper covered dining table….
How To Install Low Voltage Outdoor Lighting
One of the most effective ways to improve your curb appeal is to install low voltage outdoor lighting. Not only does it give your house a high end look on the outside, it also makes…
17 Awesome DIY Concrete Garden Projects
I love concrete in the garden. It’s such an organic looking material that blends well with nature, yet it holds up over time, and only improves it’s looks with age. It’s inexpensive, and can be…
DIY Raised Garden Beds & Planter Boxes
Growing season is creeping nearer, or even here, and we all are looking at our garden beds from last year. And possibly being disappointed by their condition. Have you considered using raised garden beds this…
How To Build a Pergola, Perfectly!
Building a pergola in your yard is a major DIY project. But it adds value to your home, as well as to your garden enjoyment. Adding shade and structure to the garden, a pergola differs…
How to Install & Use Shade Sails
Steve and I were looking for an outdoor patio cover that was a little different, and that didn’t require major construction either. We found it in shade sails. Popular in Europe for quite awhile, they…
14 Super Cool DIY Backyard Furniture Projects
Backyard furniture can be just as important as the furniture in your living room these days… after all, we have finally embraced the outdoors as another room on it’s own! Make sure your backyard space…
Easy DIY Outdoor Garden & Patio Furniture
Garden furniture can be one of the most expensive elements of a backyard design. (And boring, if you are shopping at the big box stores!) It’s not easy to find cool outdoor furniture that fits…
DIY Garden Paths And Backyard Walkway Ideas
We all love a garden path, whether winding or straight. Neat as a pin or overgrown with plants, backyard garden paths lead our eye through a garden, and add charm and focus as well. Every…
DIY Outdoor Dining Table Projects
I don’t know about you, but given the choice, I would rather eat outside in my garden. It doesn’t matter if it’s a quiet breakfast with just me and the songbirds, or a big family…
DIY Wasp Traps & Solutions for the Backyard
Summer is here in the garden, and with it a lot of great things, and a few that really can ruin a summer day. Among them, wasps. Nothing will haul the best backyard bbq to…
