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How To Build A DIY Playground Deck In Your Backyard

Details on how we built a DIY playground deck. From the supplies and tools used, playground plans, tips and how tos for a budget-friendly deck build.

It’s DIY project planning time for our home and gardens. I’m breaking down the big plans and goals for the year from mini makeovers to big DIYs.

In lieu of making a New Year’s resolution I’ll immediately break (#everyyear), I chose a word of the year. This year’s word of the year is focus.

With the close of the year it’s time to recap the best and worst DIY, home decor, and gardening projects and posts for the year in superlative form.

Come take our holiday home tour 2024 of our Christmas decor. From a Christmas record station to mantle decor, trees, wrapping, and more.

One of the easiest homemade tree stands to make is the DIY Christmas tree stand bucket with a wooden anchor inside stabilized with rocks.

Decorating with nostalgic things that matter is just as important at Christmas time, like displaying grandma’s hand-painted ceramic Christmas house.

Messes happen. But sometimes you need to tidy and clean up quick. Sharing my low overwhelm guide on how to clean a messy room quickly.

What is a December 1st box, how is it different than Christmas Eve boxes, and what do you include? Breaking it all down and including 50+ ideas.

Sharing the best Thanksgiving read alouds and books for kids, along with some themed kids’ bookshelf decor, for the harvest season.

Which is better when painting a playground, a paintbrush or a paint sprayer? I tried both, and a variety of sprayers, and here is what I found out.

A DIY mirror frame makeover how to project. Taking a $5 thrifted mirror, gilding it with gold Rub N Buff, and hanging it over a fireplace.

Comparing pro opinions on how low a dining room light should hang and testing the optimal chandelier height above our table.

Comparing the different Rub N Buff colors and creating a color chart to help choose the best gold, silver, ebony, or copper shade for your project.

Instead of buying a ready made playset canopy replacement, get creative with a DIY playground canopy made with outdoor fabric. Click for tutorial.

This year’s addition to our outdoor Halloween decor, a pair of skull planters I found on clearance, spray painted light blue, and filled with mums.