From the category archives:

Outdoor Projects

How-To Build A Picket Fence – The Fast And Easy Way

January 22, 2010
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I’m going to show you in some very short, basic steps how to build a white picket fence (my very fast and easy way, of course…other ways do exist).
This method will result in the posts being visible between sections of fencing.  This looks great when you add some character to the top of the post [...]

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A Tiki Bar for Christmas?

December 9, 2009
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This post was originally posted at a slightly more appropriate time of year!  But I’m moving some posts around to help improve the site overall and I can’t wait ’til spring!  So, maybe it’s a Christmas Tiki Bar!  Aloha!

Do you have a place for an incredible outdoor project next spring? If so, I have a [...]

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Beautiful Decks — The Least Expensive Living Space You Can Buy

July 28, 2009

Howdy!
Let’s continue our look at some beautiful deck photos emailed to me by BHG.com.

Creativity Rules
Yesterday, in the first of a series of posts about decks, I showed you a photograph and did a little “Thumbs-Up” / “Thumbs-Down” thing where I pointed out what I liked and didn’t so-much like about the deck in the picture. [...]

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