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!…
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DIY Garden Arbor Ideas & Step by Step Tutorial
This is a great time of year to tackle some of those bigger garden projects that have been on our “want” list. A bigger project doesn’t mean that it has…
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…
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 patio shade sails. Popular…
How To Make DIY Garden Stepping Stones
Stepping stones in a garden can create a path, walkway or patio, or simply point the way on a visual trail through your garden. They make a great DIY project…
Creative DIY House Number Signs & Address Plaques
Part of having a garden space is also recognizing that curb appeal adds to the value of that space… in other words, you want to show off your garden stuff…
Decorating Ideas for your Outdoor Living Space
Many times when the weather becomes sultry, the only place we want to be is in our favorite chair on the porch, sipping ice-cold lemonade! So, if we spend our…
Crazy Cool Garden Art Ideas From Junk!
Who doesn’t love something made from nothing? Gardens seem to be a natural home for all things re-used and up-cycled… it just seems to make nature happy, doesn’t it? And…
13 Favorite New DIY Garden Ideas & Projects
We love our garden space to be a little unique, a little creative, and a lot DIY! And we love updating our outdoor projects with new and better garden ideas….
5 DIY Mood Garden Lighting Ideas
In the late summer and fall, as the sun sets earlier but the gorgeous weather still keeps us outdoors, the need for cool garden lighting arises. No one wants to…
Easy DIY Outdoor Patio Furniture Plans & Ideas
Outdoor patio 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…
Easy DIY Patio Privacy Screens
Much as many of us would like to live on a secluded lot, miles from the nearest neighbor, not many of us are that lucky. Enjoying time in our garden…
How to Stain a Concrete Patio (Easy DIY Project)
One of the most boring parts of our garden design is also one of our most necessary – walkways, patios and driveways. Most of us have simple poured concrete, and…