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.
DIY Ideas for Renovating a Deck or Porch
Are you looking to renovate a deck or porch soon to be able to enjoy the summer season? Or maybe you have a new building project in the pipeline. Here are a few of our favorite DIY ideas
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Tractor Seat Bouncers...
This is my next project repainting these fun lawn seats. These are made out of old tractor seats - spring coil off a car - brake drums and brake rotors... They are fun because you cannot
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CeeJai - I will come play if y'all promise to weld me back together again!! My doctor would ...»
Time to Get the Front Porch Ready for Summer
The cushions are ready with their weather-proof material, the pillows are in the swing, and I am ready for a big glass of sweet tea!
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Love your porch! What is the white, lattice-looking rectangle hanging from the top of the ...»
My Garage Sale Swing Make Over....."Rest A Bit"
I purchased a swing at a garage sale for &10.00. Great find! I used Cherry stain I already had to stain it. I used polyurethane after it was stained as a final coat to protect it. I had
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Week 2 of Counting Down to a Backyard Escape
Dirt's been flying, large equipment is coming and going. Plenty of excitement around as we're counting down to a backyard escape. It's week 2 of building a pool so let's take a look to
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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 & ...»
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would like to make one of these and string it with clear twinkle lights.
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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thanks so much @PatriciaPeacock
Scenes From the Shade Path Garden
Here are some views of our Shade Path garden from the past couple of weeks. I love when it turns to this blue and white phase... so peaceful...
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Thanks Barb! We have a pretty small town garden, so that makes me work to fit in all of those ...»
Outdoor Succulent Patio Table Centerpiece
With a wire basket and a few cuttings from around the yard this succulent patio table centerpieces was created. To see more on how this was made you can go
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Thanks for sharing - I have some ceramic birds, and you just provided me w/ a great solution ...»
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.
