Keeping water away from your foundation is essential year round with spring and fall rains, summer storms, and snow in winter. Water that remains near the foundation can cause leaks into the basement, not to mention moisture problems. Using Surface Drainage At Your Foundation Walls There a number of ways to keep water away from […]
Recently we visited a Home & Garden show where ideas abound for enhancing the comfort, convenience, and beauty of the house and the outdoors for homeowners. One of the displays that caught our eye was of a company that builds yard/garden storage structures, including garden sheds, dutch barns, garages, playhouses, and even weekend cabins. We […]
Do you decorate outdoors for Halloween? Do you decorate with the cute and funny Halloween items, or are you into the spooky and scary theme? It seems lately that we have seen more spooky outdoor Halloween themes than any other. Spooky must be the latest scary trend! We have spotted some really great outdoor Halloween […]
Sealing the bottom edge of your garage door is not just a good idea in terms of keeping drafts, leaves and dirt out of the garage, it also eliminates a point of entry for little critters looking for food or a place to nest. Remarkably, a mouse only needs 1/4” of space to get into […]
Versatile and high performance outdoor fabrics make every season an ideal time for various outdoor decorating projects. An outdoor color palette typically changes with each season, spotlighting hues that are inspired by the season itself. For autumn, the deeper reds, oranges, and yellows, and even browns found in outdoor fabrics, reflect natures transition from summer […]
Having the right tool for an outdoor task makes the project go more smoothly, whether for building and construction, gardening, or lawn care. Innovative designs, also, make tools easier to use or add a time-saving value to the tool’s workability. Leaf Rakes Leaf rakes and autumn seem to go hand in hand when the leaves […]
Are you looking for an outdoor landscape light for shorter (4’ or less) walls and masonry columns where ground level uplighting won’t work because of location? Usually, the type of light fixtures that are used to accent walls are installed at ground level and directed upward toward the wall. These types of light fixtures work […]
When January and February roll around, many homeowners start to become concerned about the risk of water freezing in their house’s water lines. Protect Outdoor Hose Bibs from Freezing Temperatures Even outdoor faucets are at risk. Water that freezes inside the supply line to an outside wall-mounted hose bib can cause the pipe to […]
