I've got string lights over our patio, and honestly, they're more about ambiance than practical lighting. Still, paired with a few lanterns or candles...

Feel you on that beige turning grayish...been there. Living in an old historic place taught me to embrace seasonal shifts rather than fight them. I st...

That's actually a really clever idea—I hadn't thought about layering them like that. I've mostly stuck with sphagnum because it seemed more practical,...

Yeah, tweaking plans can definitely be the easier route. When we renovated our historic place, the first permit got denied because the windows weren't...

Good point about bracket spacing—I learned that the hard way myself. My place is a 1920s bungalow, and the gutters were probably last updated in the 7...