Deck with garden boxes

Built-in seating and simple wooden planting boxes are appealing additions to any deck.

As you know from Instagram, we're in the middle of a backyard renovation! It's all happening so quickly, thanks to my super handy husband! I can't wait to have this be a spot to enjoy all summer in just a few weeks. I thought I'd show you the progress so far. For reference, here is where we started...with absolutely nothing! Two weekend's ago, McCann poured the foundation "footers". Last weekend he built the structure of the deck and this week he's been working on getting the top of it on…

Awesome idea...raised beds around back deck!

How to Make a DIY Raised Planter Box: Planter boxes are a classic Springtime project and we’ve always wanted to design and build one in our own style. At the time of writing this, Jaimie is 8 months pregnant with our second child...which makes gardening...difficult. So, doing a DIY Rais…

Ipe deck and staircase; custom raised planter box in corten

Built in outdoor planters would make it easy to change your container plants with the season. Check out these outdoor planter ideas and projects!

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Last spring, I decided it was time to start a vegetable garden. The only problem? My backyard soil was hard and full of rocks. That’s when I stumbled upon the idea of building a raised garden bed. It seemed like a perfect solution, but honestly, I was a bit overwhelmed at the thought of constructing something myself. I worried it would be too hard or that I’d need special tools I didn’t have. I started looking online for guidance and found a variety of raised garden bed plans. Some were…

"Greg designed, built and installed two large custom planter boxes onto my existing deck. The planters are "L"-shaped and about 21' x 8' in size, so they are pretty large. The boxes run along the...