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Posts tagged “My Great Outdoors 2009”

My Great Outdoors: Craig & Sam's (Sort of) Secret Garden

Our neighbors Craig and Sam have lived in their lovely small Chicago home for many years and as a regular passer-by, we'd have to say that every bit of care and effort that has gone into their front ...

My Great Outdoors: ThirdCoastGirl's Before & After Yard

Name: ThirdCoastGirl Location: Chicago Type of space: Backyard Patio and Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I always wanted to have my own little bit of land here in t...

My Great Outdoors: Kathryn's Chicago Roof Deck

Name: Kathryn Location: Chicago Type of space: Roof Deck Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I was fortunate that my loft has a 200 sq foot private deck with a great view of d...

My Great Outdoors: The Farmers Daughter's Garden Path

Name: The Farmers Daughter Location: Hersey, Michigan Type of space: Front Yard Walkway Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We had a mudroom door that didn't have a path to ge...

My Great Outdoors: Cogan's Screened In Porch

Name: Cogan Location: Crystal Lake, Illinois Type of space: Screened In Porch Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: This screened in porch was built by my father. My mother alwa...

My Great Outdoors: Jessimarie's Big Backyard

Name: Jessimarie33 Location: Prophetstown, Illinois Type of space: Backyard Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We have only been at this house for a few months, but when we m...

My Great Outdoors: Josh & Heather's DIY Gabion Fence

Name: Heather & Josh Location: Chicago, IL Type of space: Back yard patio and fence Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: When we first moved into our house, the back yard patio w...

My Great Outdoors: Phil's Backyard Garden

Name: Phil Kinsella Location: Chicago Type of space: Backyard Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: My wife Beth and I have enjoyed every minute of our time in our backya...

My Great Outdoors: The Farmers Daughter's Front Yard

Name: The Farmers Daughter Location: Hersey, Michigan Type of space: Front Yard Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We had a mudroom door that didn't have a path to get to it....

My Great Outdoors: A Window Box Vegetable Garden

Name: Mkonieczki Location: Chicago Type of space: Window Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Living in the city leaves little space to enjoy summer gardening and home-gr...

My Great Outdoors: Julia's Balcony Haven

Name: Julia Location: London, Ontario Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I moved here last year after many years of owning a house, and was concerned th...

My Great Outdoors: GColmer's Peaceful Balcony

Name: GColmer Location: Montreal Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I LOVE my balcony. Because I have large patio doors, my balcony is a extension of my...

My Great Outdoors: Deborah's Urban Garden

Name: DeborahMCP Location: Ottawa, Ontario Type of space: Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Small in size, but rich in detail. Our urban garden is long and narrow, but...

My Great Outdoors: Weanie's Backyard Garden

Name: Weanie Location: Evanston, Illinois Type of space: Backyard Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I love to garden! This table and chairs is a new (antique) purchase...

My Great Outdoors: Jksponz's Prairie Garden

Name: Jksponz Location: Lakewood, Colorado Type of space: Front Yard Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Our front yard has been a work-in-progress since moving in 8 years ago....

My Great Outdoors: Maude's Montreal Balcony

Name: Maude Location: Montreal Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: My balcony was at first pretty boring, I wanted to create a fun and cosy spot to hang o...

My Great Outdoors: Anna-Lyssa's Lovely Balcony

Name: Anna-Lyssa Location: Montreal Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I love my little balcony so much, I can't even express it. First of all, even wh...

My Great Outdoors: Randolph's Outdoor "Rooms"

Name: Randolph Location: Salt Lake City Type of space: Backyard Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: My backyard garden is the result of a multi-year project to bring life ...

My Great Outdoors: Lydia's Green-Fenced Backyard

Name: Lydia Location: Evanston, Illinois Type of space: Backyard Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We started working on our outdoor space five years ago. Our problem was to ...

My Great Outdoors: Keith's Front Porch Swing

Name: Keith Location: Chesterville, Ontario Type of space: Front Porch Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: The porch swing is the perfect spot to have a coffee in the morning a...

My Great Outdoors: Leen's Milwaukee Outdoor Sanctuary

Name: Leen Location: Milwaukee Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: In Milwaukee you only get a small window of opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and when ...

My Great Outdoors: Kara's Townhome Patio

Name: Kara Location: Des Moines Type of space: Patio Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I live in a townhome complex - where everything is exactly the same. I wanted to be sur...

My Great Outdoors: Lisa's Chicago Condo Balcony

Name: Lisa Location: Chicago Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We just finished remodeling our condo balcony, although nothing was done to it before, s...

My Great Outdoors: Suzanne's Shady Chicago Backyard

Name: Suzanne, Michael and Max Location: Chicago Type of space: Backyard deck and garden When Suzanne, her husband Michael and son Max moved in to their home the backyard was essentially a sandlot -...

My Great Outdoors: Regruve's Toronto Tropical

Name: Regruve Location: Toronto Type of space: Apartment Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I took this 1960's Soviet style apartment solely because it has a 5 x 25" ...

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