How to Give Your Mobile Home the Look of a Real House with Design Principles Lots of people think making a mobile home look like a real house is just about adding some cute decorations. You know, like putting up flower boxes, some fake shutters, or giving it a new coat of paint. Bless their […]
Budget-Friendly Deck Skirting Ideas That Look Expensive You can lay out a whole lot of money on high-falutin’ deck skirting, and it’ll be as dull as un-buttered toast if it doesn’t play visually. We’ve watched some genius master craftsmen take old reclaimed lumber and pieces of lattice and, through some kind of magic, it appears
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Small Barn House Inspiration: Exterior Ideas That Create Big Impact When those tiny barn houses get it right, they don’t merely “borrow” from barndominium chic; they really capture its awesomeness and discard all the stuffy stuff. That teeny footprint means every single design choice has to truly count, unlike those McMansions where they just fling
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These Outdoor Kitchen Layout Ideas Work Flawlessly—An Architect Explains You see, that outdoor kitchen is simply, “Yeah, I’m pretty good,” but not, you know, so much so that you can quite put into words. You don’t even need to step inside the room to feel a sense of zen-like equilibrium. The room is simply waving
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A Guide to Matching Deck Stain Colors with Different Woods The Color-Stain Mistake Almost Everyone Makes We’ve lost track of how often we’ve watched owners strain their backs constructing a deck—selecting the appearance, the ideal wood, even the hallowed railing finials—only to cap it off with a stain color that in essence shouts slogans on
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How Smart Design and Positioning Give a Greenhouse a Homey Atmosphere Are you tired of greenhouses that look like soulless glass boxes? Do you feel like they belong more in a science lab than in your backyard? We get it. We’ve been there, staring at our plants through what feels like a sterile, uninviting structure.
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Choosing Cedar, Redwood, Pine, or Ipe: How Wood Impacts Your Fence Design We’ve come across more fence lines than we care to count (it’s an occupational idiosyncrasy, I guess), and here’s the thing: the truly great fences aren’t merely constructed to endure; they’re actually born to. And that slight injection of magic begins long, long
A Guide to Selecting the Right Exterior Colors for Red Brick Houses Oh, the old problem: your trusty old red brick home, looking back at you, almost begging to be touched up with something, anything, that won’t result in it appearing like a used Christmas decoration or a regretful party face paint. We’ve all been
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Unlocking Front Yard Beauty with the Golden Ratio: A Trick That Works (Almost) Every Time Ever strolled past someone’s front yard and thought, wow, that just feels right—even if you couldn’t explain why? Chances are, it wasn’t luck. It was design, and the quiet secret behind it all is proportion. Not just any proportion, but
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What a Humble Heuchera (Coral Bells) Can Do for Your Front Yard Let’s be honest, your front yard can feel a bit… stagnant. Maybe it’s a sea of the same old hostas, or a desperate battle with a patchy lawn. But what if there was a way to shake things up without a complete landscaping
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