Home decor ideas for your backyard and outdoor spaces including projects and printable lists.
Sometimes in the blog world projects don’t exactly happen as I get to write about them. Take for example our current porch makeover project. This was actually something we did last summer and I’ve only been able to write about it recently! Can you believe that? Good porch makeovers come to those who wait, right…
Since we were getting our porch repainted, of course I wanted to so some other quick projects outside to make the space a bit more presentable than the random collection of furniture that currently was thrown together out there. One of those projects was my rug makeover that I showed you on Monday, the other…
Last I showed you the progress on our porch makeover, we were having it sanded in preparation for some repair and new paint. That adds up to a complete makeover of the outdoor covered space, and it’s been much needed. With this project were some small side makeovers also including painted furniture, which I’ll show…
Last we left the front porch, it was getting a makeover. A much needed makeover. We have a 113 year old house and a lovely covered front porch, which spans the width of our home. I promised you this year I would show you the porch before and after, since we actually completed this project…
Today I’m guest posting over at the Kickoff to Summer Series at Making Lemonade. Come read all kinds of summer tips and my ideas for how to garden on a budget. It’s easier than you think. In the front of our house we are lucky enough to have a large covered porch. It’s part of…
You rake of course. And rake and rake. We’re lucky enough to have this oak tree in front of our house. It’s one of the largest on the street and it’s just beautiful. I’m a sucker for a large, old, beautiful tree. I think they are amazing. But every fall like clockwork the tree sheds…
Happy almost the weekend. It’s been a long few weeks for me, work is kind of crazy and with classes on top, I’m definitely looking forward to relaxing these next few days and putting together my Halloween mantle. the backyard makeover we have planned. And I subjected you to terrible photos of our backyard before…
Now that it’s October I can show you the really scary stuff going on around here.The backyard. I think I mentioned how we’ve been planning {since January} to pretty much completely redo the backyard. It’s a small area since we live in the city, but we are lucky enough to have a garage and driveway…
When you read this I’ll probably be on a plane heading to the Haven Conference in Atlanta. Woo! I’m really looking forward to meeting all of the bloggers I read so much about and to attending the sessions to learn a lot. But while I’m away I have some fun for you. Tomorrow the Mister…
If you love getting pumpkins each fall to cook, carve and decorate with, consider growing your own in the garden next year. Here are some tips to get healthy pumpkins of your own. Via Depending on the variety you buy pumpkins can take 100-120 days to grow, so start from late-May to mid-June, based on…
Happy day after a long weekend 🙂 I hope you had a nice time doing some fun things, I had a wonderful weekend and am loving this warm weather we are having. It’s been 80+ here for the past few days, finally! All the rain has stopped and it’s turned nice so I had the…
When we were buying our new house, it was a cool and rainy March. You know that time of year when there’s nothing blooming and it’s very dreary? Like this. No plants, no flowers, not even weeds at the time. Until the spring came. And then we had weeds. Lots of weeds. I love to…