Fall Decorating Tips for your outdoor spaces that will have your favorite areas ready to usher in the Fall Season. Welcome to this year’s annual Fall Home Tour. I am so glad you are stopping by from The Wood Grain Cottage. I am so impressed with Shayna’s ability to be caring for a…
Simple Way to refresh outdoor stairs that have been neglected with a little tape, some paint and a few hours one weekend We have a front door, side door and a door in the garage leading into the house. Guess which one takes a beating, looks like a hot mess AND is the one most…
Simple Outdoor Dining Ideas that will help to set the perfect imperfectly dinner table this summer Happy Summertime! The weather, the sunshine, the long days. What’s not to love about this time of the year, including a good meal outdoors. Admittedly it’s usually disposable plates that grace my outdoor table when we eat outside. Occasionally…
One way to get rid of mosquito’s in your outdoor space is to install DIY window screens. I am sharing the tutorial as well as a full materials list so you can sit out….without the bugs. So, how did it go with last weeks idea? Find any outdoor furniture to makeover and look all pretty…
Makeover your worn outdoor furniture with these ideas. Your furniture will be looking as good as new for the summer season. With pool season just a few weeks away I’ve have been sprucing up the backyard patio and around the pool. We spend so much of our time out there so I want it to…
A Simple tip to update old outdoor chairs using spray paint and aluminum foil. I am trying to use my time wisely during the shelter in place to get a few projects done around the house. Projects that won’t require a lot of effort or materials or at least materials that I can order on-line…
A few tips to help care for the maintenance of your outdoor umbrella so they last a few seasons.
All things Outdoor Entertaining….Summer Edition I realize the start of summer solstice is June 21st, but now that the kids are out of school we pretty much call it summer around here. For the next couple of months we will spend the majority of our time outside doing all the things that we love to…
Look at your outdoor repurposed items in a totally different way Now that it’s Spring, I’ve been doing a little Spring cleaning on the outside of Duke Manor Farm. These beautiful sunny days have me purging, cleaning and repurposing around the yard and shop as well. I am getting it all ready to enjoy…… once the pollen…
Well it’s not officially summer yet, yet temps around here hoovering in the mid 90’s, so I think that’s close enough to call it what it is….hot. With that in mind, today I am sharing some quick and easy outdoor decor ideas, so you can spend more time cooling off on the patio instead of decorating…
I don’t about where you live, but things are getting really hot around here in north east Georgia. I’m talking 90’s the first week of June. But I’ll stop complaining long enough to write this post and share 19 ways to simplify your outdoor space for summer, from the Simplify your summer tour…and then run…