I know you all love books, so today I’ve got a fun giveaway for a new book, Big Impact Landscaping by Sara Bendrick. Transform your space on any budget with 28 DIY Projects for homeowners to beautify and add value to your home. Expert landscape designer and TV host of DIY Network’s I Hate My Yard, Sara packs 10 years of experience into this beautiful how-to guide that will teach readers the best, most efficient ways to elevate their yard and get the most out of it at every budget.
We all know firsthand how much landscaping projects impact a home. I can certainly attest to that with my current home and how much it changed when I landscaped the front yard. Talk about the wow factor!
The book is for crafty men and women who love to get creative and enjoy doing DIY projects.
Sara is giving away 2 copies to my readers, so all you have to do is leave a comment and tell me what sort of landscape project would you like to tackle at your house? Interested in adding a privacy screen, fireplace/firepit, dry creekbed, water feature? What’s on your list?
I’ll choose 2 winners at random and you’ll both get a book! Giveaway ends one week from today!
I’d love to do an outside project in my backyard that includes a round outdoor fireplace with pavers around it plus cute comfortable chairs!
This book sounds like a winner. I love DIY projects. I have an upcoming project , which
is a two level deck and ground setting area. I love getting new ideas and inexpensive ways to do things. I would love to include a fire pit in the ground sitting area.
I would love a water feature. I have been wanting one for a long time.
I would love a fire pit and some sprucing up in and around the mailbox and shrubs. And, maybe a water feature would be possible, tool
I have some old bricks from our church’s chimneys that we bought at auction that I want to use in our garden….somehow! Just not sure how yet. The book looks full of inspiration!
We actually are in the process of relandscaping our front yard after many years of “talking about it”. Enjoy your blog! Hope your dad is doing well.
I have always wanted a water feature. We raised our children in a home that we owned for 19 years. There we went so far as to dig a hole, get some rocks and buy a pump. But it just never happened. I would like to have the sound of running water nearby before I die – ha!
I would love to have an “outdoor room,” a relaxing living space.
Oh that privacy screen looks intriguing.
We are looking to tear out an old 22 year old deck and create some back yard appeal. This would be perfect for getting ideas for that project.
We are going to add an outdoor fireplace to our patio and more plants. This looks like a great book to help inspire future projects.
I have multiple projects on my wish list. Curb appeal for the front of my home is high on the list. Ideas to tackle an overgrown slope and add foundation plantings to increase curb appeal are desperately needed! Looks like this book could inspire me to get moving.
We are trying very hard to make our house more beautiful. It is a large house and my hubby and I are empty nesters now and we don’t need such a big house. I think I have to transplant some things that are crowded right now but I truly don’t know where to start. I want to make it more beautiful so we can get the best price. Thanks for doing this.
Thanks for sharing- some of the landscaping ideas look really interesting!
I have a lovely little garden for flowers and herbs. My husband built some fencing around it and a little gate to enter. However the grading at the front of the garden needs some work. I need a nice border and slow growing plants. I could use some. Inspiration!
I just lost seven large trees in my yard to a variety of maladies, the drought last year contributed. Now my yard feels like a fishbowl! I need creative ideas to give me some privacy, whether it is fencing / screening or creative plantings or a combination! This book looks to be filled with all sorts of ideas to get the creative juices flowing!
Oh how fun! Our backyard is still dirt after being here a year and a half, so a blank canvass..id love to tackle a fire pit!
Barbara
There are many projects however I would really like to do an outdoor games/seating area. Thank you.
We just had our old inground pool filled in with dirt and I would love a fire pit, pavers, pergola and some comfy seating in that area!
Rhoda and Sara, Thanks for the free book giveaway.
Our new home had a beautiful maple tree that 2 weeks ago was struck down by lightening. The damage to our garage, fence, and the vehicle that sat in the driveway (declared totaled by the insurance adjuster) have left us rethinking what can be done with our “L” shaped back yard. We recently purchased patio blocks for a small table and chairs, & our grill to be out the back door. I would like ideas for this area to make it inviting. A bit of privacy from the neighbor and his dog as they’re always outside working on a different project. I need an area for a small vegetable garden, and a place for my young grandson to enjoy.
Always enjoy helpful suggestions.
Connie Bradshaw
Oh my, swooning over that panel wall! We’ve got an old detached garage that sits in the backyard away from the house. I’ve been dreaming of building an enclosure around one side of it and creating a “secret garden” hide-a-way just for me! A place to plant flowers and just sit and relax in. I’d like a privacy fence or hedgerow planting around it, a soothing little water feature to listen to, and a comfortable seating area to sit in. My husband and I are raising his 13-year-old grandson, so between work stress all day and teenager stress at home sometimes, I need a quiet place to go.