Add a little character and charm to your garden and landscaping with a DIY Obelisk Trellis. Why grow your climbing plants on a simple trellis when you can build a showstopper? *This post is sponsored by Angie’s List, where I first shared this project as a regular contributor What gives this gorgeous trellis it’s stylish […]
DIY Copper Cabana
Looking for unique take on a DIY cabana? Try this easy DIY cabana made from copper pipe! Recently my good friends at The Home Depot reached out to me with a fun DIY challenge; they wanted to know what I could create using piping. Are you kidding, I’ve always wanted to get my hands on […]
Garbage Can Privacy Screen
*This post is awesomely sponsored by Kreg Jig (thanks guys!). All opinions expressed (and of course this project), is my own. I HATE ugly exposed trash cans and recycling bins, so I’m pretty thrilled with this project! This week you toured two of my favorite outdoor areas to lounge in my yard, but I have one more corner […]
Outdoor Furniture Build Plans
Every time I don a power tool, I swear I feel like a superhero. It’s like an invisible cape starts flying in the wind, and I feel invincible. 😀 I know, I’m a total nut… But when you love beautiful things like I do, and can’t bring yourself to spend an arm and a leg on […]
Vertical Hanging Kitchen Garden
This fantastic little vertical hanging garden project is perfect for beginner builders (and cost under $30!!), and the ideal solution if you don’t have much room to grow a kitchen garden (apartment dwellers take note!), or you need the ability to bring your plants indoors when Jack Frost comes calling. Here’s What You’ll Need Hanging […]
Tips To Beautify Your Porch Or Patio
This has been a beautiful summer to lounge in the outdoors! I’ve been encouraging my kids to trade in the computer and other electronics for the activity (and creativity!) of the wonderful outdoors. Remember when we were kids? I reveled in secret gardens, outdoor teepees, and fairy lands of my imagination. I thought maybe it was […]
10 Brilliant Tips On Getting Garden Ready
We’ve eagerly awaited the summer months and finally they have arrived! Isn’t it amazing how quickly the summer flies by, and all our outdoor and garden plans never are fully realized. Well before you throw your hands up in despair, we might have just the inspiration, motivation, and tips you need to take your garden […]
My Outdoor Winter Wonderland
The Makers link party is giving all you creative makers the Thanksgiving week off, so I thought I’d take the day to share the snowy winter wonderland that my backyard is. It is really quite picturesque here in the winter, but honestly if my realtor had told me this house was right on the edge of […]
My Beautiful Fall Yard
I admit it, I am SO not ready for winter. You wouldn’t be if you lived in the snow belt either… all the cold winter days spent snow blowing through drifts that go up to your waist. But I am enjoying the stunningly beautiful fall colors that come with the season that ushers in […]
The Front Door That Hits Me On My Way Out
 If the multi-toned yellow, beige, and pink walls in my hallways aren’t bad enough, the sage front door really hits you on the way out…and not in a good way. It’s time to break out the paint, in a really big way. I love a great paint-over, in half a day you can have an […]
Garden Fever Prt. 3: Building Raised Sub-Irrigation Beds
Why Raised? Why Sub-Irrigated?Do you really have to ask? My raised beds sit on my deck and are as work-free as a garden can get! They are self watering, requiring a refill once every two months, and they help extend my summer planting season. Oh, and as for weeding, well…what weeding? *swoon* I love my […]
Garden Fever Prt.2: Container Gardening
True to Ursula fashion, each year I am all-over-the-place excited to start my garden in spring, then comes vacation time… inevitably, my overly large garden takes a hit that it never fully recovers from. Some plants struggle to stay alive while I am out of town, or those insidious weeds make a power play for […]
Garden Fever Prt.1: Starting Seedlings
It is definitely spring, and I’ve got garden fever! Yep, it is that time of year when I have gardening dreams of grandeur. And every year my plans fail miserably as I struggle to keep my unruly garden plot. Well this year I’ve decided to try something a little different… a minimal work deck garden! […]
