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Tree Paver Border

Tree Paver Border

The benefit of doing home projects ourselves is that we always end up with leftover supplies. This project only cost us $3 since we used the extras from previous projects. We’ve been meaning to add pavers around our other backyard tree. Here’s our first...



Outdoor Trim

Outdoor Trim

We’ve been meaning to add new trim to our window and slider but it took us a while to agree on a trim style. We eventually want to add new trim to all our windows and doors but for now we just installed it on two windows and two doors. We used PVC casing for the...



Plumbing

Plumbing

Our backyard water line had been leaking for a while. It was a slow leak but we finally got around to fixing it. We thought it would be an easy fix to swap out the old leaking faucet for a new one. It turned out the old faucet pieces were welded together so when Mike...



Drip Irrigation

Drip Irrigation

After finishing our backyard makeover #2 project, I wanted to add some type of automatic watering system for our plants. We’ve never had any sprinkler lines in our backyard so I’ve always had to hand water everything. I researched adding sprinkler lines...



Backyard Makeover #2

Backyard Makeover #2

After our previous backyard makeover, we started another one about 8 years later. We wanted to create a drought tolerant landscape with no grass. So we were throwing around ideas of using pavers, rocks, and decomposed granite. We first did a small project creating a...