DIY Outdoor Ideas
Update your deck, porch, patio, sunroom or even shed with these awesome DIY projects. Refresh your outdoor decor or get inspiration for outdoor furniture ideas, and make it happen!
How to Easily Make a V-Shaped DIY Cinder Block Firewood Rack
We had another tree fall in our yard and oops no space for the wood! So, we decide to make a v-shaped DIY cinder block firewood rack. This is one of the easiest, fastest, and cheapest wood racks to assemble for your backyard.The materials needed are something most of us have already in the garage or shed but if not, it's still cheap to purchase. About $1.10 for a cinder block at Lowe's (you'll need 2) and $3.40 for a 6-foot-long treated 2x4 (you need 4) at Menards. Under $20 total!Here's how to make your own DIY firewood holder:
Stacked Planter Fountain
The inspiration for this project came from one of my favorite people, my Mom. She has her back porch set up perfected, a covered gazebo, beautiful green grass, an oasis of a garden with an included water feature surrounded by lush floral and evergreens. Shes even painted her concrete slab to look like over sized terracotta tiles... Creativity runs in my blood, I'm convinced.I have really been trying to create a back yard space that we want to be in. We have almost an acre fenced out back and so far the only thing we have done with it is occupy it with my pet chickens. They have a 10x14 foot coop off the the side of my backyard and are now contained to one corner of the space with a fenced off run, don't worry, they have more than enough room, and I will likely be doing a tutorial on their upgraded fence soon! If any of you own chickens, you know containment is the only hope you have for any kind of garden bed. So now that these landscape destroyers are contained I can finally create the beautiful backyard I've been dreaming of since I bought my home in 2015!I started researching fountains, and OH MY are they pricey! I wanted something on the larger scale to really be the focal point of my patio transformation, but most in my price range were tiny, like the kind you may sit in the middle of a patio side table.... I thought I may have to put my fountain on the back burner and save for the one I really wanted. I was searching pinterest for other ideas, decorative planters and so forth when inspiration struck! A stacked flower pot fountain! There were a couple posts on pinterest about assembling one on your own but nothing that really fit the bill. I wanted it as simple, yet, substaintal as possible! Here is what I collected for this project:
Boost Curb Appeal With These Tall Planters
I've always wanted to have a pair of tall planters for my front porch but I couldn't justify the cost, given I have no budget for such non-essentials. Costco has a pair for $159 and Wayfair sells them for $70.99 each. Then it occurred to me that the side table project I did last year, could just as easily serve as a template for planters, too! So, off to the dollar store I went.
DIY Wine Barrel Market Light Posts (with ABS Pipe)
Hello friends! While we may be quarantining it up right now, that doesn’t mean that Spring isn’t in the air. And that means summer is just around the corner. Here at the Fiddle Leaf House, we spend so many days and evenings out on our patio as the weather gets warmer, so adding some light and ambiance was key! If you can believe it, these wine barrel market light posts were our very FIRST DIY in this home when we moved in 3 years ago! I wasn’t blogging back then, so I didn’t take any photos. But when we replaced our original faux wine barrels for real ones this past summer, I took a few photos of the process for you! I hope you'll visit me on my blog for more fun projects!This is a GREAT quarantine project because you can order materials online and then try out your local hardware stores curbside pickup for the bigger things, like the whiskey barrels, dirt, and plants. Many local nurseries are also doing local delivery right now too. And of course, if you’re reading this after quarantine life is over, then all you have to do is make a quick run to your local hardware store to pick up everything you need!EDIT: Little did I know, this is ABS pipe not PVC pipe. Thanks for the correction. On that note, we have had no issues with it bending over time due to the heavy gauge wire in place. We have made small adjustments on one occasion. As a reader noted, you can seal PVC pipe to protect it from the sun - I would still spray with spray paint as I did here and then add a clear top coat as well.
Need to Hide Your AC? Try Building a Fence Around Your AC Unit
We are pretty excited to bring you our latest build. In our backyard, we have an old ugly AC unit. It’s an eye sore like most people’s outside AC units!So we decided to hide it by building a fence around the AC unit. Here's how we did it:
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