|
|
Finding Cheap Plants for Your Landscape
One of the main elements of the landscape is the use of plants. Plants provide interesting places for the eye to dwell, as well as providing soothing scenery and even contributing to the energy efficiency of a home. Unfortunately, the costs...
Getting Raw Land Not A Raw Deal
There is more to buying raw land than meets the eye and more than a few individuals have wished they’d had a second chance upon finding themselves duped, conned, misled, ill-advised, uninformed, oversold, undereducated and often unprepared. They...
Landscape Design
Here are just a few tips when considering re-vamping your front yard.
- rip out all of the old shrubs and evaluate which foundation plants(trees or ornamentals) will stay. Never try and mix old shrubs with new shrubs. Everyone will notice a ten...
Simple balcony makeover
That drab concrete balcony is often the last area to be addressed in any apartment makeover. Maybe it’s just too small to justify a procession of tradespersons traipsing through the apartment day after day to lay ceramic or terracotta tiles, grout...
The Magic of Flowers
Flowers are natural gifts that beautify our environment. Whether used in an arrangement to grace the kitchen table or placed in a vase by the bedside, flowers provide a sense of invitation and welcome to guests and offer the sweet fragrances...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Build Your Own Storage Sheds
If you decide to build your own storage sheds, choose a design
that complements your home. If the design of your home is
formal, choose a shed design to suit it. If you are living in a
country home, choose a shed design that matches it. If your home
has arches, your shed can use arches too.
You can build your own storage sheds to blend into the
surrounding landscape. Plant beds can be laid around the shed.
Trellises, on which the vines can climb, can be installed on the
shed. A storage shed is not only built for its utility and it
can add to the appearance of the property where it is built.
Storage Sheds Cheapest Price
If you only focus on building storage shed for the cheapest
price, you may lose out on quality. Buyers who have decided to
buy the cheapest sheds often reject much better options that
only cost a little more. An outdoor shed with the best cedar and
vinyl sidings may cost you only a few hundred dollars more than
one made from lower quality materials.
Siding Materials
Wood looks attractive, but it tends to rot when it is exposed to
water. Some types of wood contain natural resins, which make
them resistant to rot. Cedar wood is very popular for making
sidings, though it also requires maintenance. Coating it, every
alternate year with a sealer/preservative, protects it from
ultraviolet solar radiation.
Vinyl provides you with maintenance-free sidings, though it
lacks the appeal of wood. If the rest of your house has vinyl
siding, you can use it for
your small portable storage sheds
also. Particleboard and plywood are also popular siding
materials, though they rot when they are exposed to water.
Plan Before You Build
Before you build your own storage sheds, find out about the
building codes, zoning ordinances and deed restrictions in your
area. What materials are acceptable for siding, and how far the
shed must be from the property lines, may be specified in the
building codes and regulations.
The supports beneath the floor need to be made of pressure
treated wood. You need to lay down concrete piers, cinder
blocks, a concrete slab or crushed stone before you build your
own storage sheds.
Building it yourself
You have the option of selecting a shed at a home improvement
store and having it assembled by professionals. You can also buy
a kit, which you can assemble yourself at a lower cost. An
8-foot by 10-foot shed with double doors is usually enough to
meet your storage requirements.
Cheap Insurance Storage Sheds
You can extend your existing household insurance, to cover the
new storage and its contents, at a very low additional cost.
About the author:
Ryan Arsendatama is a creative writer of home and gardening with
broad experience in the fields. Please also check out his useful
articles in Shed Storage
, Household
Storage, and Mini
Storage.
|
|
|
|
|
Landscaping Ideas | Landscape Design | Landscaping Pictures |
Information for homeowners on hardscape and softscape elements in landscape design. Includes a chat room and forum. |
landscaping.about.com |
  |
Gardening - Landscaping |
Design a landscape that works best with your yard, deck and home. |
www.homeandfamilynetwork.com |
  |
Gardening |
Find all the information you need to plan and design a beautiful garden for your landscape. Get zone maps, garden plans and the plant and flower index to ... |
www.homeandfamilynetwork.com |
  |
Landscaping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an ... Landscaping also refers to building a model landscape such as model train ... |
en.wikipedia.org |
  |
Landscape architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
The activities of a landscape architect can range from the creation of ... Landscape designers, like garden designers, design all types of planting and ... |
en.wikipedia.org |
  |
Gardening Landscaping & Design - Landscape Gardening for Patios ... |
Learn more about landscape gardening and design for patios and decks from Home & Garden Television. |
www.hgtv.com |
  |
EERE Consumer's Guide: Landscaping |
On average, landscaping for energy efficiency provides enough energy savings ... Use energy-efficient landscaping strategies based on your regional climate. ... |
www.eere.energy.gov |
  |
Planning the Home Landscape |
Advice and tips for planning, preparing, and constructing a new landscape area. |
aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu |
  |
Landscaping Ideas, Designs, Pictures and Plans for the Home. |
Respond?s community provides landscaping ideas for the home. Find landscaping designs, pictures and plans to help you design the best landscape for your ... |
landscaping.respond.com |
  |
Landscape Design Services and Earth-Friendly Garden Products for ... |
Landscaping resource for the do-it-yourself homeowner featuring interactive online landscape design. |
clearwaterlandscapes.com |
  |
Landscaping & Design |
Turn your yard into a spectacular showpiece, whether you're planning all-new landscaping or hoping to update a flower bed. |
www.bhg.com |
  |
Great Lakes Environment: Greenacres-Green Landscaping |
A key source of Great Lakes environmental information. |
www.epa.gov |
  |
Landscaping - Outdoors - homesite.com.au |
Landscaping - homesite.com.au, Australia’s No.1 home and garden web site. |
www.homesite.com.au |
  |
H2ouse.org : Tour : Landscaping |
Attractive gardens and landscape add to the value of your home and bring ... Upgrade the look of your landscape by learning the how-to's of proper lawn care ... |
www.h2ouse.org |
  |
Landscapers | Landscaping |
Get matched to local Landscape, Decks and Fences contractors for your home improvement projects. ServiceMagic's network of Landscape, Decks and Fences ... |
www.servicemagic.com |
  |
Complete Landscape Design for Do It Yourselfers |
Do it yourself tips, tricks, guidelines, and resources for home landscape design. |
www.the-landscape-design-site.com |
  |
Landscaping Ideas | 2854 + Landscaping Pictures |
Landscaping Ideas To Make Your Homes Beautiful. ... Click here to access all 4290+ landscaping photos, and get instant access to valuable savings coupons to ... |
www.landscapingideasonline.com |
  |
Landscaping for Energy Efficiency |
Are you looking for cost-effective yet eye-pleasing ways to lower your energy bills? Planting trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, and hedges could be the answer. |
www.pioneerthinking.com |
  |
Edible Landscaping Online |
Only the most productive disease resistant varieties make it onto the approved list here at Edible Landscaping. Our plants are guaranteed to arrive healthy ... |
www.ediblelandscaping.com |
  |
Free Landscaping Ideas, Landscapes, Front Yard, Garden Landscaping |
Landscaping ideas that transform your boring, unattractive yard into the picture perfect oasis you've always dreamed of. Find out h... |
www.greatlandscapingideas.com |
  |
|