Patio decorating..?
Question:I want to spice up my backyard and patio. But we don't really have much extra cash. it it a huge square 50ft X 30ft. and the patio itself is completely open, and concrete measuring around 25ft X 15ft. We are wanting to somehow pull off a moraccan feel with maybe some water features. The yard is pretty well empty except for a shed in the far back corner, and the kids swingset at the far back fence line... Our back yard is completely closed in with a wooden privacy fence. There are no plants or anything else in the yard what-so-ever. On the patio we have a grill, 4 chairs and glass table, and a hot tub. The yard is rectangle with the longest going from the back door straight to the back. if this helps at all...
So ideas please for ways of doing it very no/low cost... include what to use and in your opinon where you would put it, and maybe where to get the stuff, and the estimated cost...
Thanks a bunch for everyone who is willing to give opinions... :)
Answers:
First is lighting...bring out those Christmas lights and wrap them around trees either real or fake. Buy 4 6' wooden poles or anything high and place them around the patio. Go to your local store and buy cheap sheer curtains and wrap them above them pole creating some type of flowing canopy. Go to yard sales and look for a futon or some sort of sitting couch/chair. Buy washable pillows and throw them on the futon. If you can buy a chimea or fire pit. Candles lots of outdoor candle arrangements. For a water feature go to a yard sale or if you have a Big Lots around your way but a large pot, go to the local beach and fill up shopping bags with the beach stones, go to your local hardware store and buy a small pump (fountain box) bingo there you go instant fountain once you fill it up with some water.
I would decorate with some pretty containers. If you can wait awhile, they'll be on sale. Then you can add flowers, small trees, or veggies or herbs.
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