Thursday, January 10, 2013

Pebble Stepping Stones



These colorful stepping stones would make
 an awesome addition to our garden!!  

Love this look!

The photo comes from a fan of the Facebook page, Recycled Backyard, brought to you by the publishers  of the awesome magazine Birds and Blooms.

Check their page out for fresh ideas and where to find supplies for your backyard projects.




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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Concrete Sofa


This awesome concrete sofa has totally captured my attention!!

I've always enjoyed being creative with concrete blocks, but this project goes down as the most imaginative and awesome ever!

The Captain and I have decided to definitely make the sofa for our concrete jungle carport.  What I really like about it . . . you can water the plants and not ruin the sofa by getting it wet!  My plan is to paint it, but the design is still running around in my head.

Click on the picture to go to the original article for this project, which includes other projects to coordinate with it.  Very cool!!

This is one of the many projects I have pinned to my Pinterest garden board.  So many awesome projects for inspiration lurking around the internet!
  





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