Browse: Yard
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What I Learned From Our Backyard Renovation
I shared our backyard reveal, but didn’t dive into the many lessons we learned throughout this months long process. Here are some lessons I learned along the way along with the budget for this big project…
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Making Progress on Our New Deck
Our backyard is coming along. Here’s a look at where things stand with our new deck…
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Our Backyard Renovation Progress – Two Weeks In
Our backyard has been a construction zone for the past two weeks. Here’s a look at the progress we’ve made and what’s still to come…
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Using Yardzen to Design Our Dream Backyard
I’m in the early planning stages for our backyard project. Here’s a look at the design plan for the space created virtually by the company Yardzen…
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How to Make DIY Cornhole Boards
Whether you call it cornhole or bags (as we say here in Chicago!), it’s a fun yard game! Here’s how you can make your own on a dime…
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Fixing the Peeling Paint on Our Exterior
Our 100-year-old house comes with a lot of maintenance. The peeling paint on the front of our house was driving us bonkers so I finally got around to fixing it…
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How to Build a Window Box
The window box on the front of our house had seen better days. Here’s how to build a new one from scratch to add some major curb appeal…
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Summer Updates to Our Yard and Deck
Our yard has definitely improved since we moved in a year ago. Here’s a look at where things stand now and our plans for the future…
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How To Remember what you Planted
Last year, I was really happy with the our selection of flowers. It was our “first rodeo” as gardeners and it turned out that Matt and I were pretty darn successful (and really enjoyed the process). Who knew?! It could’ve been the super amazing greenhouse we bought most of our plants from (thanks to a