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Boost your backyard with these 32 quick and easy DIY upgrades featuring top Amazon products. From gardening tools to outdoor decor, these items make transforming your outdoor space simple and affordable.
Address bare spots in your lawn with some dog spot repair if your puppy has a favorite pee spot and it shows… This stuff will get new grass growin’ in no time so you can get back to hosting BBQs.
*Easily* use a standing weeder (without the chemicals!) to help improve your view of your yard. You’re not the only one who has trouble enjoying weed-filled scenery. And hey, while you’re weeding with this there’s no bending over! Your back will thank you.
And target pesty plantings with crack weeder tool that’ll go where the larger weeder (and your hands!) can’t.
Install a cooling misting system to help you get as much time as possible outside this summer because last summer your backyard started to feel like sitting in a sauna. (Hey, at least you didn’t have to look at strangers in their towels!)
Try an oil-stain remover capable of annihilating that grease stain that you thought made your patio or walkway a goner.
String up waterproof globe lights for a big style impact when hung along your roofline, draped on outdoor structures like a pergola, or just strung up solo so you can enjoy the lights *and* the stars.
And stake solar lights along a walkway or pond right where you need ’em. Lighting is key for getting more use out of your outdoor space. Oh, and they look nice in the daylight too!
And if you’ve got stairs, add some solar-powered stair lights so you can mosey on down your deck stairs to your backyard setup with a glass of wine in each hand *safely*.
Cover up stained or outdated surfaces with interlocking teak tiles you don’t need tools to install. That concrete patio slab is older than you, but it doesn’t have to look that way.
Attach a roll of faux ivy to ugly wire fencing or a railing with a view you don’t love. Here’s to a bit more privacy!
And give yourself some privacy in a different style with a pack of natural reed fencing in case you’ve got a nosy neighbor or you just really want your own personal oasis.
Put some bleach-free outdoor cleaner to work on walkways and other surfaces before you commit to pulling out the pressure washer. Its foamy formula is totally safe around your precious plants.
But if that isn’t cutting it, a power washer will give you an oh-so-satisfying “after” when it comes to stained and worse-for-wear concrete surfaces. (And the same goes for fences!)
And if nothing seems to help out your discolored concrete patio and walkway surfaces, try out some concrete paint – it will take a bit of elbow grease to spruce up stained concrete patios or walkways but it’ll make a HUGE difference without tearing up any hard surfaces.
Invest in an indoor-friendly hammock chair (you could also hang up on a covered patio) that’ll give hanging out a new meaning. Add a throw pillow and you’ll never want to leave.
Brighten up a railing thanks to some colorful flower pots with draining holes and hooks so the plants inside can ~thrive~ while they sit there looking pretty. (Don’t worry, artificial flowers will thrive in there too.)
Assemble a smaller-scale nice-looking shed if you don’t have room for a full-fledged shed to stash recycling bins, bikes, a lawnmower, and other hefty tools.
Refresh all kinds of outdoor furniture and structures with some rust-stopping spray paint for a weekend afternoon project that’ll have a substantial payoff. Just look at that zhuzhed garden gate!
Invest (granted, a cheap investment) in a clip-on light if you like your existing umbrella but could use the extra light.
Create some custom shade with a sunshade triangle you can rig up rather than a canopy you can rig up over the patio or the kids’ sandbox to block up to 95% of UV rays and keep things a bit cooler.
Make the most of your outdoor space with a wooden privacy screen with planters at the bottom you can situate around AC units or other less-than-lovely-looking essentials.
Put in a self-sealing magnetic screen door that’ll let dogs help themselves out or in the house — so you won’t have to peel yourself up your hammock after you got nice and comfy with a horror book.
Keep on using that sturdy (but ancient) picnic table with some vinyl covers reviewers found extremely helpful for camping and park use, BUT will also protect you from splinters at home. Go ahead, have dinner outside today!
Mount an outdoor fan to the corner of your patio to keep a breeze going because even if your setup has ceiling fans, sometimes that isn’t enough in mid-July. Also, circulating air will decrease the number of bugs that bother you.
Rig up a double hammock you totally have permission to use just by yourself. (It’s easier than you’d think!)
Show off your plantings at night (and give yourself a light show) with a pack of solar-powered garden lights. How magical!
Become da belle of da ball after you install a colorful tree swing that everyone can enjoy — it has a weight capacity of 900 pounds.
Though it’s technically not your backyard, hang up a waterproof outdoor curtain on your deck to help give you a little privacy from your neighbor or block the sun out of your eyes while you’re having your morning coffee out there.
