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.
Outdoor Living Room
For the last 3 summers that we've been in our house, I have longed for an outdoor living room. I'm not sure WHY it has taken me this long to make it happen, but I finally have the outdoor
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Wow - talk about bunch of colors and what a difference they can make!
May in Our Cottage Garden
May and June are my favorite times in our garden-everything is fresh and bursting with new growth. We have an English cottage garden here at Oak Cottage. Take a stroll down the garden
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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!
Repurposing a Bird Bath@ Lynnesgiftsfromtheheart.com
When the concrete bird bath began to leak instead of holding water, I hated the fact I was going to have to get rid of it. My inner self kept telling me I could use it for another
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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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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Tanya Peterson Felsheim, we had the same thing happen during the last two very distressed ...»




