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.
Some of the 'Characters' in My Landscape
As my profile indicates, I love the hunt for vintage finds, and that includes items for the garden. Over the last decade, these are some of the characters that have taken up residence
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Rita, I love your cast of characters.
No Power Tools? No Problem! Garden Art You Can Make
If you don't have power tools or don't want to use them, there are still a lot of creative projects you can make from recycled items.
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My favorite of all is the little stone birdhouses, of course!
Flower Arranging, in the Yard and in a Vase
This time of year I find it especially easy to keep fresh flowers in the house. I'm often able to cut a few from my yard and then buy the rest at the market. Read
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The flowers and plates on the tray are so charming :)
Veggie Garden Seed Packet and Flowerpot Wreath
I'd been wanting to make my own rendition of the popular "flower pot wreath", so I whitewashed some small clay flowerpots and tied them to a grapevine wreath with gardener's twine. They
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So cute and creative!
The Perfect Summer Breakfast Buffet
Summer time, to me, not only means fun vacations away from home, it also means visitors from far away. The guest room is prepared as is the guest bath. But, what about feeding your
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Such a gorgeous buffet!
Solar Chandi
while rewiring a chandelier http://craftingoccurs.blogspot.com/2010/06/u... I was left with an extra tier of chandelier. Hey that rhymes :) so I painted it green and hung it from a tree
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Smart idea!
DIY Bird Feeder Station
Longing to hear birds singing in your backyard and to see their beautiful colors? Using black pipe and connectors to create a stand set in a bit of concrete you can easily make a diy bird feeding station that will attract many different kinds of birds to your yard.
This station can hold suet, thistle, a bird seed mix as well as a platform feeder for larger birds to hold black oil sunflower seeds.
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The birds must love it!
DIY Backyard Waterfall & Pond!
In case you're planning a DIY water feature, I thought I'd show you my sister's Waterfall & Pond that she and her hubby put in...maybe you'll get an idea or two, I know I did!
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That's an impressive DIY! I wouldn't even know where to start.
Deck Makeover: Progress
With the onset of summer it was high time to show my backyard some love. We have longterm goals for a complete overhaul out back eventually, but at the very least we needed to spruce
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Really looks sharp now, Shavonda!
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Awesome awesome job! Love the firepit!