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Update Your Front Porch to Create an All Weather Lounge Space
If you’re reminiscing about long summer nights spent on the front porch and are struggling to cope with the shorter days and long, cold winter nights, we have some design inspiration to get you thinking of spring. Check out these top tips for updating your porch to create a perfect, all-weather lounge space. If you’re
https://ephenry.com/blog-2015-december-update-your-front-porch-to-create-an-all-weather-lounge-space/Let the Holiday Season Kick-Off your Composting Efforts
It is upon us – the holiday season with the multitude of events and celebrations, where we gather with friends and family over good food and drink and wind down to the New Year. Whether you put your culinary skills to the test for your party or have it catered, chances are there will be
https://ephenry.com/blog-2015-november-let-the-holiday-season-kick-off-your-composting-efforts/Nature Inspired Thanksgiving Centerpieces
Are you hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year? It’s time for celebrating the fall harvest, when supermarkets are busting at the seams. Canned green beans are flying off the shelves, and the aisles suddenly have car-sized boxes of bagged bread to navigate around. From basting the bird to preparing the pies, there are a lot of
https://ephenry.com/blog-2015-november-nature-inspired-thanksgiving-centerpieces/5 Tips for the Best Front Yard Landscape
You’ve heard the phrase “You only have one chance to make a first impression, right?” Well, this applies to your home, as well. When someone arrives at your domicile for the first (or tenth) time, the first thing they see is your front yard landscape. This first impression is largely made up of the condition
https://ephenry.com/blog-2015-november-5-tips-for-the-best-front-yard-landscape/Landscaping Ideas: Keeping the Color Alive with Fall Flowers
Most often, when people think of the “garden season” spring-time gets the accolades. These days, more and more gardeners are spending time in the yard well into the fall, and not only to rake leaves. Savvy gardeners know… fall planting isn’t just for bulbs anymore. Besides being able to be outside without fear of heatstroke,
https://ephenry.com/blog-2015-october-landscaping-ideas-keeping-the-color-alive-with-fall-flowers/Do you Trick-or-Treat? Two Different Halloween Patio Décor Styles
Depending on the weather on Halloween night, some people like to greet trick-or-treaters from their porch or patio, where they can sit in comfort and watch the kids make their way up and down the street as they enjoy the evening. Since most of the little ghouls are bound to come to the front door
https://ephenry.com/blog-2015-october-do-you-trick-or-treat-two-different-halloween-patio/Party on the Patio: Fall Kids Crafts
There is so much to love about the fall, from flavors to colors to the cooler temperatures that allow you to enjoy the backyard and your patio without excessive heat. It’s also a fun time for kids to create some seasonal crafts they can show off outside the home, so gather up some munchkins and
https://ephenry.com/blog-2015-october-party-on-the-patio-fall-kids-crafts/Party on the Patio: Fall Harvest
There’s nothing like the autumn season. Colors shift from green to a vibrant and warm array of oranges, burgundies, yellows and browns, the air cools off and most of the resident insect population moves on or goes down for their winter’s nap. Along with these changes come culinary delights like pumpkin and spice flavored foods,
https://ephenry.com/blog-2015-september-party-on-the-patio-fall-harvest/Extend your Season with an Outdoor Kitchen
Fall may just be starting but, depending on your region, there could be plenty of time left to plan for outdoor activities including pumpkin painting and carving, bonfires with s’mores and hayrides with warm (or cold) apple cider. An outdoor kitchen is the ideal setting for your party, offering the accoutrements of your indoor kitchen
https://ephenry.com/blog-2015-september-extend-your-season-with-an-outdoor-kitchen/It’s Time: Bring Fall Decoration to your Yard
While summer still has a few days left on the books for 2015, with pumpkin everything being sold at every coffee shop and retail outlet, Halloween costumes jumping out at you in just about every store and the kiddies back in school, fall is here. As mums bloom at local farm stands and apple cider
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