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Outdoor Living

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Outdoor living is a year-round topic on Hometalk. Hometalk members are busy planning and maintaining outdoor living spaces from the heat of summer to the cold of winter. Some folks are professionals who post gorgeous pictures of the outdoor living dreamscapes they've built. Other folks are DIYers who are revamping their outdoor living areas, building outdoor furniture, or planning an outdoor living room for the first time. Whether you're a novice or an expert, join a conversation about outdoor living rooms on Hometalk.



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Privacy Fence

We had no privacy in our back yard. I got this idea from an earlier post with shutters. We had used doors around the house, I painted them, we hinged them together and attached them to fence post steaks. It's not quite done yet, adding another door and then some mulch around it.
Mindy
Mindy Edgerton, WI 3 hours ago
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    Vicki 33 minutes ago
    are they heavy to move around? I can add wheel rollers on the bottom to move around and to ...»
    lock the wheel rollers to stay there. thanks for sharing

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Drop Cloth Painted Curtains!

How to create your own fabric paint and create cool curtains!
Colleen@CobabeInSuburbia
Colleen@CobabeInSuburbia Meridian, ID 2 days ago
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    Vicki 1 hour ago
    do use drop cloth for anything like drapes, table clothes, over those recliners, over my deck ...»
    for my private sunbathe. so much cheaper.

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  • The Front Porch
  • I started with two stars I've had forever but no longer use. They had Christmas scenes on them so I got some blue spray paint and covered that up.
  • I removed the labels of three #10 cans and spay painted them white.
  • I had 2 same-sized metal planters and they got a coat of pink spray paint.
  • I planted pink petunias in the two of the white cans and purple petunias in the third. The pink containers got white  petunias and purple petunias.
  • Our wooden fence is now darn close to being as pretty as the rest of the garden and all I had to buy were a couple of cans of spray paint! 2
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Making a Wooden Fence Pretty(ier)

I want more color in the back garden this year.

With that in mind, I decided to add some color to our faded wooden back fence.

Kathe With An E (Kathe)
Kathe With An E (Kathe) Aurora, CO 22 hours ago
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    Barbara Ann 2 hours ago
    Oh I have some of those stars!! I was thinking of doing something with them. Now I know what ...»
    to do. Thanks for the idea!!

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New Trellis Made Out of an Old Gazebo.

We had an old gazebo, we took it apart and my significant other welded it together to make a trellis. Some spray paint. The lantern is an old one that was in the garage, painted it, added a solar light and used a pint mason jar for the glass. This was put around the raised beds I made last year. It will be full of perennials eventually.
Mindy
Mindy Edgerton, WI 3 hours ago
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    Jeanette Country Design S... 3 hours ago
    Great reuse of an old gazebo!
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Old Barn Wood Signs

I made all of these signs out of Old Barn wood from my Old barn. Be sure to check out my tutorial. Or Facebook page to purchase one!
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2 Crafty 4 My Skirt Levan, UT 3 hours ago
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  • Outdoor chandeliers, made from wire garden fencing, resin crystals, and test tubes! http://homewardfounddecor.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-garden-fence-chandelier.html
  • Outdoor chandeliers, made from wire garden fencing, resin crystals, and test tubes! http://homewardfounddecor.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-garden-fence-chandelier.html
  • Test tubes hold flower stems or tall, thin candles. http://homewardfounddecor.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-garden-fence-chandelier.html
  • Concentric circles of fencing create a tiered chandelier with dripping resin crystals. http://homewardfounddecor.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-garden-fence-chandelier.html
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Garden Chandelier - Made From Wire Garden Fencing!

Bring some BLING to your garden or outdoor living area with this easy project...

Wire garden fencing is bent into circles, the ends bent into hooks, and hung with resin & ...»

glass crystals from old light fixtures... and the result is a lotta' sparkle in your yard! Use one circle, or multiples in concentric sizes for a tiered effect. You can also add test tubes or floral tubes, to hold flower stems and tall taper candles.

Find basic instructions on the HOMEWARDfound blog. #MayGarden #MayProjects

Debi Ward Kennedy
Debi Ward Kennedy Irvine, CA 6 hours ago
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    Micki Sellers 4 hours ago
    so pretty!
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  • I added a bit of fun to my screen porch with an easy outdoor porch light!
  • I used 2 large & 3 medium grapevine balls. Two strands of white lights (50 count) with brown wires make these little orbs glow-a birch branch holds the lights and burlap ribbon hold up the branch!
  • I threaded the lights into the balls and tied them in place with garden twine to make sure the glow was uniform...
  • It's easy to get the lights inside the grapevine by gently moving the tiny vines apart.
  • Balancing a birch branch between 2 chairs, I played around with the placement of the balls (which are attached with twine) until I liked the look...
  • I ran the cord up the twine and connected it to a white extension cord that I hid between one of the loops of burlap ribbon which holds the branch. (the other end of the burlap ribbon is attached to the ceiling w/ eye hooks)
  • The light makes such a nice glow and doesn't obstruct our view during the day!
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Easy DIY Outdoor Light!

I'm doing a screen porch makeover at the moment and wanted to add a bit of light over the drop-leaf table. Using some grapevine balls and white lights with brown wires I put together an little porch chandy in no time!

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All Things Heart and Home Marietta, GA 4 hours ago
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How Much Fun Was the Hometalk NC Bloggers Meetup?

Such fun with 23 women adventuring through Greensboro NC for a day of thrifting, exploring and a magical tea party! You may just see someone you know!
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Marty's Musings Greensboro, NC Yesterday
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    Miriam I 4 hours ago
    Looks like you had a blast! Such a cute theme.
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  • Dumb Crabgrass!
  • Brick work to the paver work by front door (someday a porch! I want a porch!)
  • shows the old lines from sprinklers
  • Marley always has to be in the middle of everything! She is the best friendlies kitty!
  • Green still from rainin March...flowerbed waiting for a little less rain...
  • Ok here is the sod this year, still working on the flowerbed
  • see my husband's hobby? The 2 red sports cars? hehe side view of the flower bed.
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Front Yard Still in Progress...

I have been overmaking my little tiny patch of a front yard for many years! This last summer though I decided that was it! Tried of trying to remake a lawn and lets put down a new one! ...»

So my younger brother and a helper came and went to work on this. Had to move and replace the ingrown sprinklers, (got a visit from the city months later that someone turned me in for doing sprinklers without a permit but she agreed no problem if REPLACING old to new in same quantity) My other brother helped with the final work of placing the pipes.

So here is when we first dug up the yard...but there was family medical emergency keeping up from being able to finish for about 2 months so this wonderful crab grass kept taking root! even in 100 degree heat with zero water! Guess I should have watered that!

We bought Sod from a local company (not shipped in) cut up and put down in one day! Moved brick from 2 sides of the driveway to a single side to make a nice pathway to the door,

Then last pictures are of what it looks like now...still not complete...I have some more perenials to behind the newly planted Petunias...

Tanya Peterson Felsheim
Tanya Peterson Felsheim Grants Pass, OR 6 hours ago
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    Miriam I 4 hours ago
    Tanya --wow! Beautiful transformation - it's hard to believe that's that same lawn!
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Fence

my way of making a fence look better
Paula R
Paula R Tampa, FL 6 hours ago
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    Kathe With An E (Kathe) 5 hours ago
    I love this idea!!
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