My ten favorite practical and pretty items for spring!
I love spring almost as much as I love the fall season. SO close. I really enjoy the process of prepping our outside spaces and gardens for the upcoming year.
Nearly every day I walk around and marvel at how quickly our flowers and plants grow at this time of year. I swear sometimes I could watch them grow!
These items have been so nice to have around as the weather has warmed up and I've been working outside again.
Some are cute, some are practical, and I highly recommend ALL of them! :)
Many of these would make wonderful Mother's Day gifts for the Mom in your life who enjoys the outdoors. ?
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1. Affordable outdoor rug
First up, this SUPER affordable striped rug for outside! I first purchased this Novogratz blue and white outdoor rug a couple years ago.
You may have seen it under the dining table on our patio:
The rug we've had on our covered patio was starting to fall apart, so I took a look into this one again and couldn't believe the price!
A 6.5 by 9.5 foot size is SO affordable -- and is $50 less than when I bought the first one years ago. It's great quality, easy to clean and the design will work beautifully just about anywhere.
2. Inexpensive (and washable!) outdoor ottomans
Here's that rug close up on our covered area, with the new outdoor ottomans I grabbed recently:
Looks like a regular pouf right? Well...it's actually just filled with air. ;) This is a blow-up ottoman and is perfect for outside!
We had fabric ones before that were supposed to hold up to the elements, but they literally fell apart. They were so hard to keep clean because I couldn't take the covers off to wash them.
This affordable option has a washable cover that's easy to remove, and the insert can be blown up. It even comes with a foot air pump to fill it.
So far I love them -- I'll be sure to keep you updated on how well these hold up. The only precaution we have to take is to make sure they don't blow away in storms or high winds. ?
*These inflatable ottomans are the same, but come in 39 different design options!
3. Beautiful wicker citronella candle
This is one of the prettiest citronella candles I've seen! It comes in three wick and one wick versions. I just love the rattan around the glass:
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I tested three ways to clean filthy door and window tracks. See my favorite method here!
Our window sills and door tracks were GROSS and desperately needed to be cleaned. Our sliding back door track was by far the worst spot. YUCK.
I can't believe I forgot to take a photo of the full before, but don't you worry, you'll get to see plenty of the nastiness as we go.
Before tackling these fithy spots, I wanted to figure out the best way to clean the sills and tracks. Otherwise I knew it would take forever to get all of the grime out of the little crevices.
I did some research and found three hacks/tools for cleaning out your dirty window sills and door tracks. I tested all three for you and am sharing my results!
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Sill and track brush cleaning set
I found this window sill brush cleaning set that also has a few other handy cleaning doodads. They are all great for smaller spaces and hard to reach areas:
I figured this hard bristle brush would do best job of cleaning the goo out of our door track:
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I'm back with 40 more awesome outdoor DIY projects today. I put the call out to my blog friends and they answered with a TON of great ideas for outside.
You can find the first 20 DIY outside project ideas here if you missed them! Both lists include tons of ideas for do-it-yourself outdoor decor, lighting tutorials, gardening ideas, exterior furniture builds and a bunch more easy outdoor projects.
The weather is warming up and I have a BIG list of outdoor projects I want to tackle this year. Until then, I mixed in some of my favorite past exterior projects in this list as well.
This cute A-frame plant stand would be a pretty addition to the front porch:
But it would also look great out back -- it could double as a drink or food holder as well. Or even a side table or nightstand inside!
Rachel’s home was beautiful before but now it’s simply stunning with the painted brick:
I don't always love a painted brick makeover, but this one is a stunner and made such a big difference.
I've had small raised gardens in the past, but eventually I'd like to make a permanent spot with a lot more planting space. I loved these raised planters surrounded by pea gravel:
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Via https://www.thriftydecorchick.com/2020/06/twenty-more-beautiful-exterior-diy.html No green thumb? These quick tips will make your fake plants look real!
A great faux plant or tree can be a great addition to your home! Don't let the old dusty versions from your childhood deter you -- artificial plants have come a long way over the years and look more realistic than ever!
Our home is full of live plants and I really enjoy the life they bring to our home. But sometimes a fake tree or plant is a great alternative -- you don't have to worry about placement and if they'll thrive without direct sunlight.
I love our real plants, but they do NOT like to be moved around!
Plus, they're easier to work with if you have young kids, pets (I always search online before bringing a new plant home) or allergies. No fuss!
Faux decorative trees can get expensive, so before before buying make sure to read reviews (if purchasing online), or inspect the plant close up.
A high-quality artificial plant will have:
Did you know you can DIY a decorative fake tree yourself? I shared how I made my own olive tree here -- it's much easier than you'd think!:
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We have a spot in our living room that needed some life, but I wasn't sure a real tree would do well in that spot. Plus, the price of a real tree the size I needed was more than I wanted to spend.
I had two gift cards burning a hole in my pocket when I found this realistic faux maple tree at Target a couple months ago:
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Via https://www.thriftydecorchick.com/2023/04/three-easy-ways-to-make-fake-plants.html The cutest bird feeders and accessories for bird watching!Since we moved into this house I've become an avid bird watcher. I think it's because we have such big picture windows and we can easily see right out to the back patio
I find great joy in watching them and keep adding to their accommodations around our backyard. I've officially turned into my father. :)
Is this what happens when you get older? Ha! Or maybe I'm just enjoying the simple things more as I age. Let's go with that. I wanted to show you a few of the things I've picked up for the birds lately and then some favorite items I've used for years. You know, in case you want to become a bird geek like me. Our patio is our absolute favorite place to be on nice days. I love sitting out here, watching and listening to the birds in the backyard:
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The birds LOVE this bird bath I found it at Lowe's -- it's a bird bath with a planter underneath:
I thought the combo of the two was such a good idea. It's pretty shallow so I do have to keep up with adding water every few days.
I found this solar fountain for the bath and was super impressed with how well it works!:
It just floats around -- if it's in full sun it works great. It does not hold any kind of charge, so as soon as it hits any shade it will stop working.
See how high it throws out the water?:
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Via https://www.thriftydecorchick.com/2020/06/im-officially-bird-nerd-my-favorites.html How to install STURDY cafe patio string lights without trees!
Installing these outdoor string lights was on my list for years after we moved into our house! The problem was, we had a new backyard with no mature trees to attach the lights to.
I had to figure out a way to hang these patio lights in a safe way so they would hold up to rain, wind and snow.
We had these outdoor cafe lights hanging from the pergola at our old house:
And then later had them hung from the trees over the back patio:
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We love these outdoor string lights in particular. They are sturdy, commercial-grade strands that hold up to everything. We kept them up in rain, wind and snow and they still look/work great today.
It helped that we had trees big enough to hold the weight of these -- they are heavier than your average outdoor lights, but again...they last forever.
Knowing we were going to hang them over the new patio, I grabbed a couple boxes of the lights last year. I was really hoping to get them up last fall, but it didn't happen:
Because we don't have trees around the patio yet (and it would be years before they'd be strong enough to hold the light strands), we had to figure out a different option.
I've been researching this for a year because it was so important for this to a.) be functional, b.) look good and c.) not cost a fortune. I gathered info from a bunch of tutorials I found and then we had to make some more changes at the end I'll share with you. (Hint: the tutorials we found didn't work for the heavier lights!)
Let's get started! I'll list ALL of the items you'll need at the end of the post, but here are the step by step instructions.
Step 1: Gather the planters you'd like to use.
Some of the tutorials I found used wood wine barrel planters -- but the ones I found either had large holes already drilled into the bottom or they weren't super sturdy. I was worried the concrete would ooze out between the slats of wood.
I bought three plastic planters for this project awhile back, but I decided they were too tall and not wide -- you want something that has a wide base. We returned those and got these plastic barrel planters instead:
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Brittany TuckerSales Representative at Custance Brothers Woodworking Archives
April 2023
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