Home owners cost of beautication

• justincredible

  

  inb4 "something something porch furniture."
• TedSheckler

  

  Nice deck furniture. Looks very stealable.
  
  Sorry to disappoint you.
• bases_loaded

  

  To help eliminate water getting into my man cave, this year I put mulch beds down the two sides of the house that didn't have anything in order to put a slope next to the house. 120' of black edging($120) 2 scoops of mulch($40) 5 burning bushes, 4 chardonnay pearls, 1 wine and roses, 4 day lillies($430). Topsoil(free, thanks to gramps)
• thavoice

  justincredible;1620181 wrote:We spent the entire Memorial Day weekend working in the backyard and spent quite a bit at Lowe's. We are happy with the progress so far, but we still have some finishing touches to make.
  
  

  Did you build that deck?
  
  I was looking into tearing mine down and redoing a ground level one like that but make it about 5-6 times bigger than the existing. Just wondering what the cost of materials if you did it yourself.
• justincredible

  

  thavoice;1620208 wrote:Did you build that deck?
  
  I was looking into tearing mine down and redoing a ground level one like that but make it about 5-6 times bigger than the existing. Just wondering what the cost of materials if you did it yourself.

  I did build it. It took a few weekends working on my own but it turned out pretty nice. I used https://deckplans.com/ for planning purposes.
• Big_Mirg_ZHS

  

  I helped build that shed lol.
• thavoice

  Thanks. Will check it out. I just stained mine a couple of weeks ago so it may be 2 summers out..
  On a related note the weekend I did stain mine the neighbor lady told her husband..."I am going over there to check out his deck".
  Husband: "You are gonna check out his WHAT?"
  Woman: Deck
  Husand: Oh, thought you said something else.....
  
  
  

  justincredible;1620226 wrote:I did build it. It took a few weekends working on my own but it turned out pretty nice. I used https://deckplans.com/ for planning purposes.

• salto

  

  justincredible;1620181 wrote:We spent the entire Memorial Day weekend working in the backyard and spent quite a bit at Lowe's. We are happy with the progress so far, but we still have some finishing touches to make.
  
  

  The little iron fence looks stupid. Take the plastic covers off the new porch furniture. Get some cool flower pots and not the cheap ass plastic ones. Your deck and stain looks awesome!
  
  Hope this helps.
• salto

  

  justincredible;1620181 wrote:We spent the entire Memorial Day weekend working in the backyard and spent quite a bit at Lowe's. We are happy with the progress so far, but we still have some finishing touches to make.
  
  

  The little iron fence looks stupid. Get a few flat stones and make a path across the grass. Take the plastic covers off the new porch furniture. Get some cool flower pots and not the cheap ass plastic ones.
  
  Everything else I like.
  
  
  Hope this helps.
• thavoice

  salto;1620254 wrote:The little iron fence looks stupid. Take the plastic covers off the new porch furniture. Get some cool flower pots and not the cheap ass plastic ones. Your deck and stain looks awesome!
  
  Hope this helps.

  He obviously thought it would keep out the oompa loompa's who stole his furniture.
  
  
  The stain looks like the kind I just put on..>Redwood.
• salto

  

  thavoice;1620260 wrote:He obviously thought it would keep out the oompa loompa's who stole his furniture.
  
  
  The stain looks like the kind I just put on..>Redwood.

  No doubt the deck looks awesome other than the white trash Lowes plastic flower pots and generic cheap out of place iron fence.
• TedSheckler

  

  salto;1620261 wrote:No doubt the deck looks awesome other than the white trash Lowes plastic flower pots and generic cheap out of place iron fence.

  You mean the two trash cans don't do the trick of making it look white trash?
• thavoice

  Need some scotts turf builder for that 'yard'
• ernest_t_bass

  

  salto;1620254 wrote:The little iron fence looks stupid. Take the plastic covers off the new porch furniture. Get some cool flower pots and not the cheap ass plastic ones. Your deck and stain looks awesome!
  
  Hope this helps.

  salto;1620261 wrote:No doubt the deck looks awesome other than the white trash Lowes plastic flower pots and generic cheap out of place iron fence.

  
  Justin, you now have reason to ban said/salto/HOFoncoattails forever. Make it happen.
• justincredible

  

  The trashcans are only there temporarily. IDGAF what you think about the fence or the flower pots. Hope this helps.
• justincredible

  

  Big_Mirg_ZHS;1620240 wrote:I helped build that shed lol.

  It's still standing. Needs a new coat of paint on the trim.
• justincredible

  

  thavoice;1620272 wrote:Need some scotts turf builder for that 'yard'

  I threw down a mix of wildflower seeds along the fence and covered it with straw. The right side of the fence is likely going to be mulched since it is just my garden area. I will likely put one more raised bed on that side.
• TedSheckler

  

  The zip ties on the fence add a nice touch.
• justincredible

  

  TedSheckler;1620286 wrote:The zip ties on the fence add a nice touch.

  It was to keep the two pieces of the gate together for installation.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  justincredible;1620284 wrote:I threw down a mix of wildflower seeds along the fence and covered it with straw. The right side of the fence is likely going to be mulched since it is just my garden area. I will likely put one more raised bed on that side.

  How do you mow your grass? Looks too small for a push mower.
• TedSheckler

  

  justincredible;1620287 wrote:It was to keep the two pieces of the gate together for installation.

  Is that code for, "it's my lock to keep out the riffraff."?
• justincredible

  

  I have a push mower. The new additions certainly cut down on the grass to mow but the mower still works just fine. I will probably get myself a reel mower if I do decide to mulch the right side.
• justincredible

  

  TedSheckler;1620292 wrote:Is that code for, "it's my lock to keep out the riffraff."?

  If by riffraff you mean dogs, then yes.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  justincredible;1620293 wrote:I have a push mower. The new additions certainly cut down on the grass to mow but the mower still works just fine. I will probably get myself a reel mower if I do decide to mulch the right side.

  Have you ever considered a zero turn?
• justincredible

  

  ernest_t_bass;1620295 wrote:Have you ever considered a zero turn?