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.
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...
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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I LOVE IT!!!! this is a must do for my patio!!! Thank you for sharing!
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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So colorful! Love it! :)
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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very comfy and inviting!
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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A cottage garden at its best.
My Ralph Lauren Courtyard
You don't need a lot of room to have a great outdoor living space. After eating in Ralph Lauren's courtyard restaurant in Paris last year, I decided it would be nice to recreate it in our
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I wouldn't want to eat anywhere else.
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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To cool for words!!
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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Hmmmm, tempted to take you up on that dare! I have enough things that have broken though.
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.
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I like it. Good idea.
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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it looks great and i really like black