Articles filed under Get Your Summer On
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Backyard makeover Week 4: Bowes Bend backyard bluesMay 28, 2012 7:42 am - My boys were home from college for spring break when I snapped this shot of our pitiful back yard. When we bought this home three years ago, we immediately tore down the...
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Backyard makover Week 4: Side yard is the backyardMay 27, 2012 1:00 am - Help me please. I have a pie-shaped side yard where I have started the bones of my dream makeover. I have perennials around the perimeter of my property line. I have dev...
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Backyard makover Week 4: Unfinished backyardMay 31, 2012 11:22 am - If you would have told me last year I would be a homeowner, I would have laughed. I am a single mother of two girls and am very proud of my accomplishment. Unfortunately...
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Backyard makeover Week 4: Help keep my grandchildren safe!May 27, 2012 1:00 am - We moved into our new home in 2007 and we had so many big plans — with the No. 1 desire of planning our outdoor living space. Unfortunately, two serious car accidents, m...
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Don't be chicken to grill other parts of this birdMay 25, 2012 8:42 am - You've got friends coming over for a Memorial Day cookout and chicken will be on the menu. You'll marinate some boneless, skinless chicken breasts in your favorite Itali...
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Outdoor furniture making patios look more like family roomsMay 25, 2012 4:47 pm - After checking out all the options available from patios to grills for building backyard retreats, it comes as no surprise that furniture comes in wide varieties, too. ...
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Water, fire can transform a backyardMay 20, 2012 6:01 am - Water and fire are elemental and have fascinated people forever, which helps explain the popularity of fountains, ponds and pools as well as fireplaces and firepits in s...
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Backyard makeover contest Week 3: Coleman householdMay 21, 2012 6:25 am - Our backyard looks like it was over taken by an army of lawn ornaments!!!!! What the experts at Aquascape Designs suggest, on a budget of $2,000-$5,000: An 8-by-11-foot ...
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Backyard makeover contest Week 3: Help me reach my potentialMay 20, 2012 2:01 am - All I could say is WOW, this is the contest I’ve been waiting for! Please help my unskilled owners spruce me up so that I can reach my full potential as an awesome ...
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Backyard makeover contest Week 3: Started, never finishedMay 20, 2012 1:01 am - From the top of the deck we no longer have privacy from all of the other neighbors’ decks in the neighborhood. So we got the great idea to put in a concrete patio, ...