Add shade to your yard with one of these pretty pergolas to buy or build. There are a variety of styles and colors to add something special to your backyard. Make your patio a special place with these tips for adding patio ambience or backyard lightning. Or getting building with these outdoor building ideas. There […]
Modern Outdoor DIY Concrete Bench with Redwood Seat
Build your own modern outdoor bench from concrete and redwood following this DIY concrete bench tutorial and woodworking plan! We show you how to make a DIY concrete bench form, then build a redwood bench seat for durable outdoor seating. We’ve done a decent amount concrete work over the past few years, like our huge DIY […]
35+ Garden Arbors and Trellises to Buy or Build
Garden arbors and trellises are a great way to add beauty to your yard. There are a lot of great options to buy, and we have some great ones to build too. Make sure to cover up outdoor eyesores, so everyone will be looking at your arbor or trellis, and learn how to paint concrete […]
25 Curb Appeal Ideas
These curb appeal ideas are DIY friendly and are sure to help you boost your home’s exterior. We have an entire collection of Curb Appeal Ideas and more great home exterior update ideas, such as: Choosing Exterior Paint Colors, How to Hide Outdoor Eyesores (think A/C units and electrical boxes), and a Faux Wood Garage […]
Real Life Rooms: Ranch Home Curb Appeal
Update your ranch home curb appeal without a major renovation or even paint using these easy curb appeal improvement ideas in this virtual home makeover. Hey there Remodelaholic readers! Dawn here, from AD Aesthetic, and I’m back this month with another reader question mockup to hopefully inspire some creative ideas for your home. If you’ve […]
14 Tips for In-Ground Trampoline Installation
Ever wondered how to dig a trampoline hole? See what we learned and watch our tips for a successful in-ground trampoline installation. We love our backyards and having a great place for our kids to play and work alongside us. My kids are begging for a trampoline, so when my buddy Sam from TrampolineHoles.com was […]
Pro Tips for DIY Sod Installation
Wondering how to lay your own sod? Follow these Pro tips for DIY sod installation for a high-quality lawn on a do-it-yourself budget! The yard was a big selling point for our current house (and also for us buying the house next door as well!) but we had a big garden area that we just […]
Garden Building Plans and Projects
We love to be outside in our yard and especially our garden during the summer. To make our garden and yard a nice place to be, we love to create our own garden building plans and projects. Here we will share our favorites. If you are looking for more gardening ideas you might like to […]
Inspired Through Instagram: Outdoor Spaces that Wow
Since this week was Earth Day, we were thinking it might be fun to start Earth Day traditions involving improving our own outdoor spaces. Adding some plants and a few more ways to relax and enjoy the outdoors (via tables, benches, and seating) can vastly improve mood! So, for this post we really wanted to […]
Printable Spring Cleaning Yard Work Chore Bingo + Some Extra Green (Cash) for Earth Day
Happy Earth Day! Thank you to GreenWorks for partnering with us on today’s post! Today we will be sharing a free printable spring cleaning yard work chore bingo file. What’s that, you didn’t know it was a holiday? Well, it is, even if you haven’t remembered to celebrate it since grade school recycled art projects. […]
DIY Wood Slat Garden Wall with Planters
Cinder block walls are affordable and seem to be common in older homes in our area (like our previous home) — which means they’re still functional and stable but definitely not the prettiest fencing option available. We’ve previously covered up our old cinder block fence with paint which helped a lot, but when we saw how today’s […]
How to Build an Easy DIY Wall Planter Ladder
Outdoor planters make such a difference to a yard or exterior by adding color and texture with the plants, and today’s outdoor wall plant ladder is the perfect solution for those who want to add flowers and plants without a large planter “footprint” in the yard. This hanging wall planter is affordable to build and […]
How to Paint a Concrete Patio
Thank you to DRYLOK® for partnering with us to update our patio! I am SO excited about this space now! All opinions are my own in this post how to paint a concrete patio. Read our full disclosure policy here. One of the things I love about our new house is the covered patio space. […]
Simple Modern DIY Deck Pergola Plans
Follow these simple DIY deck pergola plans to build your own easy wood pergola to hang lights or planters. This modern design is easy to install, simple to customize to your deck size, and cheap to build. We’ve also restained our deck with oil and built an outdoor coffee table with drink coolers to make […]
DIY Retaining Wall Block Fire Pit
Hi y’all! Madeline from Ellis & Page here- I am so excited to share my project with you today- a DIY retaining wall block fire pit. When we bought our new house, we bought it because of the view. The inside needs so. much. work (you can see some befores here and here), and it […]
