backyard bliss Archives - The Handmade Home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/category/backyard-bliss/ The Handmade Home is a full service rehab, construction and design firm with an exclusive product line, at The Handmade Home Studio. Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:21:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/favicon.png backyard bliss Archives - The Handmade Home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/category/backyard-bliss/ 32 32 22 outdoor projects to try this spring https://www.thehandmadehome.net/22-outdoor-projects-try-spring/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/22-outdoor-projects-try-spring/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:00:47 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=50234 Even though we’re drowning on the inside with our addition {I think this sentence could have a double meaning?} We’re ready to get busy on the outside, and even tackled some yard work this weekend with the entire family. It can be a lot to keep up with, but it has us thinking about our...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/22-outdoor-projects-try-spring/feed/ 4 money saving tips for outdoor spaces https://www.thehandmadehome.net/decorating-ideas-for-outdoor-spaces/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/decorating-ideas-for-outdoor-spaces/#comments Mon, 01 Jul 2019 12:00:42 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=67804 I had an old friend write me recently, and asked me this: “Any tips on furnishing your outside? It’s so expensive!”  She actually said “purchasing patio furniture” so I lied a little. But I felt like expanding the topic today, since we’re covering it all here, and ’tis the season for all things furnishing outdoor...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/decorating-ideas-for-outdoor-spaces/feed/ 4 propagating plants {simple indoor water garden} https://www.thehandmadehome.net/propagating-plants-simple-indoor-water-garden/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/propagating-plants-simple-indoor-water-garden/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:00:06 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=65049 It’s spring again, which means I basically freaked out, forgot that I don’t, in fact, have a green thumb. I proceeded to purchase a ton of little plant babies I very much hope I don’t kill, instead. Wheeee.  Which means I still don’t really have said green thumb, but I’m feeling inspired so that counts...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/propagating-plants-simple-indoor-water-garden/feed/ 1 the best curb appeal elements https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-best-curb-appeal-elements/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-best-curb-appeal-elements/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:00:15 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=64926 Jeanine wrote in with this awesome question about the best curb appeal:  …Now that it’s spring, I’d love to know a little more about what some of your favorite tips are for outdoor changes in the spring. I love how you guys have done your house, and I was wondering if you had any advice...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-best-curb-appeal-elements/feed/ 3 best treehouse ideas https://www.thehandmadehome.net/best-treehouse-ideas/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/best-treehouse-ideas/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:29:09 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=64839 It’s that time of year again. Time to talk about the best treehouse ideas. That time of year where everyone is creating and sharing their very favorite versions of the Handmade Hideaway! We love all their very best treehouse ideas, It’s our most favorite time of the year when everyone starts up with their projects...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/best-treehouse-ideas/feed/ 0 greenworks – a giveaway! {and also the time I tried a chainsaw} https://www.thehandmadehome.net/greenworks-a-giveaway-and-also-the-time-i-tried-a-chainsaw/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/greenworks-a-giveaway-and-also-the-time-i-tried-a-chainsaw/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:58:27 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=64558 We were so excited when our Greenworks chainsaw arrived the other day, we knew we had to try it out at a friend’s house. There was a fallen tree branch that needed some cutting, and by we, I mean me, because frankly, chainsaws are terrifying and heavy. If you’ve been reading for a while, you...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/greenworks-a-giveaway-and-also-the-time-i-tried-a-chainsaw/feed/ 1 tips for creating an outdoor space https://www.thehandmadehome.net/tips-for-creating-an-outdoor-space/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/tips-for-creating-an-outdoor-space/#respond Wed, 16 May 2018 12:29:21 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=57547 This is the season. The one where the kids are almost out of school. This is our last week, and every morning we wake up and say like total nerds: This is your last Wednesday {fill in the day here} morning as second grader?! Secretly plotting how good it will feel to sleep in on...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/tips-for-creating-an-outdoor-space/feed/ 0 how to build a simple window box https://www.thehandmadehome.net/how-to-build-a-simple-window-box/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/how-to-build-a-simple-window-box/#comments Fri, 11 May 2018 11:55:11 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=57326 It was so much fun to share all our before and afters of our side entrance in the money pit last week – and we love the details – what, how, and why we chose what we did for some major curb appeal. All of these changes came together to make a huge impact! The...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/how-to-build-a-simple-window-box/feed/ 10 build an easy fire with Duraflame https://www.thehandmadehome.net/build-easy-fire-duraflame/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/build-easy-fire-duraflame/#comments Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:23:53 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=53969 (This post is in partnership with Duraflame all opinions expressed in the post are our own.) The weather here has been cooooolllldddd. Like, batton down the hatches, this tropics-of-Alabama-transplant just may not make it, cold. And by hatches, I mean all the layers. I have no idea why I spontaneously gave you a pirate analogy there. So...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/build-easy-fire-duraflame/feed/ 4 handmade hideaway 2.0 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/handmade-hideaway-2-0/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/handmade-hideaway-2-0/#comments Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:00:10 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=51111 psssst…. shop our spaces here! Pssst… to see the entire series with how-tos, be sure to check it out here! We’re thrilled to have this handmade hideaway up and going today, y’all. THRILLED. This one truly is a hideaway… as it’s back and away, and then up and behind some fabulous branches. Jamin pulled back said branches...

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