By choosing native plants for your garden space, you are preserving biodiversity and helping to balance the ecosystem. A plant is considered native if it has occurred naturally in a region or habitat, without human introduction. And did you know that once established, native plants require less watering and less maintenance than exotic species? After reading this, you may want to…
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Concrete vs cement, are they the same? The terms are confusing, especially with so many brands of mixes. Some people use the word concrete when they mean cement, and vice versa. Is there even a difference? Are Concrete and Cement the Same? There is a difference between concrete and cement. Since people often use the terms interchangeably, it may seem…
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Making an update to a fireplace will have a big visual impact on your living space, and so the search begins for fireplace remodel ideas. It’s important that this space feel warm and inviting since this area tends to be where your family spends a lot of quality time. But what can you do to change that 1980’s builder-grade stone…
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Expand your outdoor living space and spend more time entertaining with friends! If you’re looking to build a concrete paver patio at home, the step-by-step instructions below will help you do just that. Concrete pavers are stones that can be natural stone or engineered. They are used to create patios, paths or walkways. Pavers can be square or come in…
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You can decorate your home for fall for cheap, just by combining the right items from Dollar Tree with great ideas in these tutorials. Even though they’re inexpensive to make, you can use these Dollar Tree fall decor ideas to make decorations that look like high-end design. For 41 other Fall Dollar Tree Fall Crafts, take a look here after…
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Looking for summer cement crafts you can make to decorate your backyard patio or porch? Here are 11 really cool tutorials for outdoor concrete home decor DIYs. In the summer, don’t you get super motivated to entertain? Decorate with your own summer cement crafts! Even if you don’t entertain, you can make these as gifts for when you visit. It’s…
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It is such a joy getting to make DIY gnomes. I think the reason for this is that you can make each one so unique. There are so many ways to be creative. When making your own gnomes, think about all the different sizes you can make the body parts. For example, you can make their noses big or small, and…
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Before you start on your quest of making DIY bird feeders, save yourself some trouble and make them squirrel proof. I’m one of those people who wear binoculars, and a funny hat, that you see in parks with necks bent to the sky, watching birds. Yep, I’m a birder. So naturally, I like to feed the birds in the yard,…
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Make a DIY concrete butterfly puddling station! Attract butterflies to your garden with a watering station for butterflies. Did you know that butterflies have an impact on our entire ecosystem? They are pollinators like bees and hummingbirds and pollinators are important because ⅓ of plants need pollination to reproduce. And many species of butterflies have become endangered, or are at…
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