5 DIY Ways to Save Money and Make Your Backyard Awesome
Having a backyard that looks amazing and makes your family and guests feel comfortable is a great thing. It’s nice to have a place that you can escape to that’s well, right in your own backyard! When done right your backyard can be a place that is therapeutic, a vacation destination and the center of entertaining. However, unfortunately doing so usually involves money.
That’s why we’ve found five awesome ways to save money and still make your backyard look spectacular. Bingo! What could be better? Your backyard will never look the same after reading this.
Ready, set, let’s go!
1. Stash Magical Marbles In Your Fence
This is an awesome way to liven up your backyard and create a colorful paradise. It’s very subtle but when the sun shines through the marbles will look stellar! People will be so impressed and think you took a lot of time and money to make such an awesome effect happen. But guess what? It was easy AND cheap! Drill holes and insert marbles. Voila!
For full directions check out this article: How To Add Glass Marbles To Your Fence
2. Giant Scrabble Set
This is the best thing ever! If you love Scrabble as much as I do, you NEED this in your backyard! Everyone will want to come over to your house—so if you don’t want that, better think twice. Ha! Anyways, this project is super easy and won’t cost you an arm and a leg to make.
For full directions check out this article: Gigantic Lawn Scrabble
3. Wine Bottle Tiki Torches
Never throw an empty wine bottle away again! As you’ve probably seen before there are countless DIY projects you can do with used wine bottles and wine corks. This one though will vamp up your backyard and help you save money as well as recycle. Instead of buying new tiki torches, use the resources you already have—wine bottles. The only thing is you’ll have to drink some wine but that’s not too hard now is it?
For full directions check out this article: Recycled Wine Bottle TIki Torch
Image Source: Gerardot
4. Spray Paint Lawn Twister
This is most definitely the easiest one to accomplish on this list. No need to build anything and it doesn’t take much time. All you need to do is buy some green, yellow, blue and red spray paint, have a patch of lawn to use, have a Twister board [you can also make your own] and people willing to play!
For full directions check out this article: Lawn Twister
5. Convert an Old Bunk Bed Into a Stargazing Platform
Been trying to get rid of that old bunk bed you have in storage or crammed in the garage? Think again! We bet you didn’t realize the potential of what you really have. With a new coat of paint and adding some decorative cushions and pillows your old bunk bed becomes a stargazing platform that everyone will want to try out!
Image Source: CooChicoos
What are you waiting for? Go on and start working on your dream backyard. Now that you have 5 awesome ways to save money there’s no excuse to not get started!
What’s your favorite thing about your backyard that you made/did yourself?
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