Unique Garden

For those of us with wooden outdoor furniture, we are all familiar, or should be with the call for maintenance to it. Mostly, we have read about or heard about the need to coat the chairs, tables, and wooden accessories in oil. Otherwise, we should expect the beauty to diminish and the lifespan to be [...]

You can do a good thing for the environment by making some changes in the way you do your laundry. First off, we can minimise the expenditure of energy used in the washing of each load of laundry just by changing the dial. While many of us were taught to place the dial on the [...]

Seems like when I was growing up my parents, and my friend’s parents were always grumbling about the outdoor furniture. It was a matter of having to repaint the wrought iron chairs that had chipped each and every year, and doing the same with the wicker items that had the misfortune of being left out [...]

Gardens require the balance of Yin and Yang just as indoor spaces do if you are interested in harmony. There are plenty of materials that can be incorporated into a garden to achieve this balance. Some examples are the size and shape of plants, the placement of water features, and lights, along with te height [...]

Of all the outdoor furniture I encounter there is none that appeals to me more than those pieces with retro prints. You know those fun filled fabrics involving retro waves, stripes, bubbles and squares. They bring a certain vivaciousness to an outdoor space, and bring more to an area than modest and meek greys, browns [...]

After all the work is done, and your flowers are in full bloom you may want to cut a few of them to create a centrepiece for you outdoor table. However, using the glass vases outside that you use inside may not be very secure, and they may seem out of place. Therefore you might [...]

A great way to enjoy your garden is from the comfort of an outdoor table and chairs. From such a vantage point you can view all that you have accomplished, and bask in nature’s beauty. But, the last thing you want is to be far from the gorgeous lavender, and mums that are your pride [...]

It is great that you have decided to implement some Feng Shui approaches to your garden. One of the most basic principles in Feng Shui that you must understand from the very outset is the belief that man and nature are connected. And thus when balance and harmony are achieved in your outdoor living area, [...]

Oh my goodness was I excited when I happened upon this fantastic idea for making a garden furniture daybed. It involves one of the least expensive pieces of furniture, which many of us have stowed somewhere in an attic or garage, and that we have basically forgotten we even have. It is the camp cot, [...]

Homeowners might feel resistance when it comes to placing storage containers, and buildings in their gardens, but one way or another usually come to the same conclusion that it is a necessity. The initial hesitation often lies in the belief that they will not be able to find boxes or sheds that fit into the [...]