Easy Ways To Upgrade Your Garden
When it comes to home maintenance, your garden is often ignored in favor of interior projects. However, whether you’re trying to increase the value of your home or hosting a dinner party – there are many benefits associated with showing this space some TLC! After all, the nicer your garden is, the more inclined you’ll be to spend time outside – which is good for both your physical and mental health. For example, not only can it reduce feelings of stress and anxiety, but one study found that “just 30 minutes of outdoor time could lower blood pressure by almost…
Awesome Gardening: Can You Make It A Bit Easier?
We love awesome gardens but we don’t all love gardening. Whilst some garden management will never go astray, if it’s been a while since you last mowed the lawn or cut back the hedge behind the fence, there’s going to be a lot of work to do! And when you face the fact that there’s a big project ahead, you’ll probably put it off again and again. So it’s clear we need to make the task of garden care a bit easier here! And if you’re in that boat right now, check out the tips below. Install Raised Beds and…
How to Get Great Curb Appeal for Your Home
Great curb appeal is not something that many homeowners think about. It can be easy to get caught up in taking care of the interior of your home and not realize that you need to also take care of the exterior as well. Curb appeal is important for several reasons. For example, you may need it to sell your home, and having great curb appeal is one of the key factors to selling your home quickly. However, it’s not just about making your home look appealing because you want to sell it. Curb appeal is also about increasing your home’s…
Four Spring Garden Tips To Prepare for The Season
The days are getting longer so we can soon spend more time outdoors. Prepare your Spring garden so you can enjoy the rewards when Summer hits. Use our four easy Spring garden tips. Whether you have a small balcony garden or a large backyard, you can do some simple things to get your Spring garden ready for the new season. In this article, we’ll give you four tips on how to prepare your garden for spring. We’ll help you prepare your garden beds, choose the right plants, and start planting. We’ll also give you tips on caring for your Spring…
Garden Management Tips You Need to Know
Is garden management, or lack of, hampering your desire to have beautiful outdoor living? Not everyone has a green thumb, which is why most of us need help Or at least some damn good tips. Gardens are a wonderful thing to enjoy. They enable us to spend more time relaxing outdoors with the beauty of nature all around us. However, most of us find them difficult undertake garden management. We don’t know how to keep them looking beautiful, meaning we lose some of that enjoyment. The good news is, there are lots of things you can do to make garden…
10 Ways To Boost Your Curb Appeal
Have you ever thought you may need to boost your curb appeal? As a homeowner, you always want your home to look its best. Whether you’re trying to sell or just want to make sure your home looks great for visitors, curb appeal is important. Fortunately, there are a number of ways you can boost your curb appeal without spending a lot of money or taking on a huge project. Here are 10 easy ways to do it: 1. Start with the front door. A new coat of paint or a shiny new doorknob can make a big difference. This…
Simple Tricks To Make Your Garden Easy To Maintain
Whether or not you are a keen gardener, you will likely want to make your garden easy to maintain. You may enjoy gardening but not have the time to attend to it every day to keep the plants alive. Thus, easy maintenance tips might be what you are looking for. If so, don’t worry this post will have you covered. Here are simple tricks to make your garden easy to maintain. Source ready to plant flowers and trees Planting seeds and waiting for your flowers and trees to grow can be a dull experience. You may water them every day…
Beautiful Garden Tidy Up You can Do Now
Think of what your ideal garden would look like. It’s highly likely that your idea will focus on a neat, tidy, beautiful garden. Now look out of the window and what do you see? If your beautiful garden matches the picture you had in your mind’s eye, congratulations. If, however, your garden is much messier than you would like it to be – as many people’s are – then don’t worry; there are plenty of things you can do to tidy it all up and enjoy the view to the utmost. Read on to find out more. Photo by Torsten…
5 Simple Methods Of Modernizing Your Backyard
When it come to modernizing your backyard there are numerous options that will likely fit every budget. Big or small, your backyard will benefit from these five expert tips. In every home each room and aspect should be taken care of properly. While you care about the interior, have you thought about modernizing your backyard for the best possible look? If you are fully comfortable with your home and it looks like a high-quality space, then you’ll feel a lot better about your surroundings. A high-quality home will also be positive in terms of the home’s value. Once you’re ready…
Garden Design for Family, Friends, and Pets
Your garden design can be as minimalist or fantastical as you like because enjoying outdoor living is a constitutional right. Right? If you own a home, you’ve probably already invested thousands of dollars in creating the perfect home environment for the whole family. A liveable garden is a place for everyone in the home to enjoy and for guests to feel welcome. So why not enjoy some garden design? Your garden is really another room of the house, and it’s often the biggest and most versatile. It’s easy to make a few stylish changes so that this fabulous space can…
DIY Ideas for Beautiful Garden Paths
One of the more underrated aspects of a garden are beautiful garden paths. Paths can come in many different shapes, sizes and designs, and they can also serve many different purposes. They add beauty, interest and functionality. Have you ever truly thought about what garden paths can do for your home? A pretty gravel path will connect your patio area with an outdoor dining area. Alternatively, you could use stone paths to guide your guests around your garden or exterior. Add solar garden lights for evening magic. There are lots of different reasons to consider adding garden paths to your…
Pretty Beautiful Ideas for A Pretty Boring Home
If you are a house and garden junkie, you’ll see some pretty beautiful ideas across magazines, Instagram and renovation shows. Seemingly miraculously, pretty boring homes are turned into pretty beautiful spaces. And you want your house to look like that too, right? Here’s how. As an award-winning interior designer in Adelaide, I work with clients who want to make big changes to their home. They look at the homes of their friends and then become more critical of their own. Turning a home into something more eye-catching and modern is something that everyone wants to do. Especially in Australia, we…
Is Unhealthy Soil Ruining Your Garden?
Could unhealthy soil be ruining your garden? Does everything you plant always dies in a matter of weeks? Maybe you just aren’t a natural gardener and you should consider looking for simpler plants to grow. Or maybe it’s the soil. In some cases, people are not great at keeping up with watering. Or they don’t understand the care needs of their plants, so they end up dying. If you are not willing to look after your plants in the right way, maybe gardening isn’t for you. But what if you are doing everything right and your plants still don’t survive? …
3 Easy Crops You Can Grow Right At Home
Now has never been a better time to grow easy crops at your own home. Whether you have a small balcony or a large garden, these 3 easy crops will provide you with taste sensations for your cooking… easily. About 4.7 million green thumbs prefer to plant their own foods for consumption. Is this truly worth your while? Of course! Homegrown easy crops like vegetables and fruits contain more nutrients than store-bought ones. Furthermore, you can control how many chemicals you need for your home-grown produce, thereby protecting the environment from harmful toxins. Have you always dreamed of having a…
Insider Tips For Landscaping Your Garden
Let’s face it, everyone loves a beautiful garden in which to relax. However, landscaping can be the most expensive part of doing up a run-down garden. It’s also the most difficult part to get right. Is your garden design is in need of some landscaping ? Try these tips to help you get your garden looking it’s very best, with the right choices to show off your careful planting. Come Up With A Landscaping Plan In a large garden, you definitely need a master plan, especially if you’re planning a complete overhaul of the garden. You don’t need to stick…
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