Much like seating in a living room, seating in the garden is also important and without the right kind of seating your garden will not be suitable for guests. A garden should be enjoyed and it’s nice to make the most of a private outside space. Garden seating can include wooden benches, outdoor beanbags, wicker chairs and even steel seats, so there are certainly plenty of options in terms of material and designs today. If you want have guests over in the warm months then we’d recommend loungers while benches should always be a fixture of a garden with a…
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Solar lighting is extremely important in many gardens today and it can give a garden a good amount of light, and it won’t run up your electricity bill. Led Solar lights are a good option and some of them can last for up to 10hours after a full charge. The positioning of the lights are important if you want them to attract a good amount of light and charge properly. Solar lights can come in sets, and they look great when they’re installed onto your garden fence, while individual solar lights can be placed in different areas of the garden,…
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Lawn stripes can be a superb addition to a garden, and that’s because they give a typical lawn more appeal, and it is actually all that complicated to get a lawn looking great, especially if you have a petrol lawnmower. Lawn stripes often tend to relate to light and dark stripes of turf, and to get this look you just have to plan the direction of mowing. Not many people know this but the colour of the tripe often tends to be dependent upon the direction of which you are mowing, and that means that each stripe should be mowed…
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You don’t’ actually need a ‘garden fence specialist’ or a landscaper to put up your garden fence. You can buy all your equipment from a gardening store or timber supplier, and go ahead with the installation yourself. You should measure and line up your wooden posts, and these would be buried into the ground, as far as they can go. Remember to measure and calculate the spike lights, otherwise you could find it too short or too long. You then need to calculate the panels you require and this is easier when the posts are in. Treat the below area…
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Due to the heavy rain and storm that’s attacked various parts of Britain, many people are left with waterlogged gardens, and this can really cause issues with your soil. Water can kill, and it can prevent any oxygen from reaching the roots in soil, which will obviously prevent root growth, and leave your garden completely and utterly destroyed. There is not a great deal you can do when the water has made its way onto your garden, but we need have a few pieces of advice. Firstly never walk on it. Why? Because it can damage the soil further, and…
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For a number of jobs which may arise in your garden, from bordering a garden plot, to making a pathway, building a fence, or deck construction, using railway sleepers is a great choice for these for a number of reasons. Railway sleepers are typically bought in bulk, for pretty cheep prices. Resizing them is also simply done with a saw, so you can fit them to the purpose that you decide is ideal. In case you didn’t know what railway sleepers were already, I should probably tell you that they are the bit of wood which bridges the gap between…
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Welcome to Outdoorlivingdesigns.com, where we discuss the various methods that you can undertake to improve the design functions, and ascetics of your home and garden. There are a number of little known factoids which may be useful to you, which we will elaborate on. Outdoor living designs intends to become your one stop resource for advice on how to accomplish what you want, from advice on what products are useful, luxurious, or cheap, to what manufacturing techniques are used in making these, right down to their affects on the environment. We will also talk to you about the trade secrets…