Articles filed under Get Your Summer On
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Your party can be stress-free when you go with a proJun 05, 2016 7:16 am - Let's not kid ourselves. Throwing a party for family and friends at your home is a lot of work. But you can relieve yourself of a huge amount of that task if you hire a...
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Create a place where you'd want to spend some timeJun 05, 2016 5:00 am - We do not have good sense of design. Also, more seating would be nice, even a deck. Design by Northwest Metalcraft Budget: $10,000 or more The backyard, before...
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Time for the backyard to 'grow up'Jun 05, 2016 5:00 am - Our deck is a great-size outdoor space, approximately 593 square feet. Plenty of space to hold a large party. I feel it needs a "centerpiece," perhaps a fire table. And ...
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Outdoor space can be a home's main selling pointJun 05, 2016 5:00 am - I bought my house in December, mainly because of the Florida room, deck, back patio and big backyard. I had to take a tree down & have squared off the deck, but now that...
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Bruschetta, 3 ways, for a satisfying picnic main dishJun 01, 2016 6:00 am - There are few dishes more elemental and satisfying than bruschetta. A mainstay at many Italian restaurants, it's an appetizer comprising slices of grilled bread adorned ...
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Problem-solving plants for your trouble spotsMay 29, 2016 7:00 am - Virtually everyone who has a yard has some — those embarrassing spots we want to hide or improve because they are too wet or too dry, too rocky or root-infested and so f...
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Low-maintenance patioMay 29, 2016 5:00 am - This will be our third summer in our "not so new" house. We have never really enjoyed the small backyard. We have a small area for a table but we have another area that ...
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Create three distinct zones on your patioMay 29, 2016 5:00 am - Our patio is nice and pretty large, but we just don't know what to do with the space. I don't know if we should have a few separate areas set up or if we should focus on...
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Trellis, bench seat provide nice spot to remember daughterMay 29, 2016 5:00 am - We have lived in this home almost 17 years and raised a son and daughter here. Now our son and granddaughter live with us and we have the privilege of helping raise her!...
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Graduation party requires backyard upgradeMay 26, 2016 11:00 pm - We're having our daughter's high school graduation party in June. We want a space to cook with a gas-line grill so we don't have to worry about running out of propane; a...