Summer is just around the corner. That means that your backyard is going to see a lot more usage in the coming months.
After the long, cold winter, most backyards across the United States are in a bit of a state, beauty wise. If you’re looking for some handy tips to make your backyard look as good or better than it was last year, then you’re in the right place.
Making your backyard presentable to all of your friends shouldn’t break the bank. Therefore all of the ideas in this article can be done inexpensively. These are the ways you can make your backyard look $1 million on a tiny budget!
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Have A Pool? Build A Rock Path Around It
If you live near a pebbly beach then you can do this for no money at all! Rocks also cost very little at places like Home Depot. They make the area around the pool look so neat, without all that much effort.
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Bury Used Bottles Into Shapes On The Floor
You can make any pattern that you like. It could be a hippy peace symbol, a star, a heart or anything else. The only limit is the amount of time you want to spend burying the bottles.
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Make A Deck For Your Pool
One of the problems with non-sunken pools is that they can look a little unsightly. But if you build a deck for it, it can suddenly look beautiful!
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Add A Water Feature
Water features scream elegance, but some can be bought for around $100!
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Build A Fire Pit
Roast marshmallows and gather the family around your fire pit for an atmospheric evening.
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Add Some Succulents around the place
Succulents basically take care of themselves. They also look amazing!
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Make A Pizza Oven
The parts on their own don’t cost a lot. It’s just getting the shape right!
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Build A Fish Pond
Everyone will love staring at the fish all day, especially the cats!
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Build A Shed Out Of Pallets
There’s no need to buy the materials at a DIY store when people are literally throwing away the same material.
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Build A Gazebo!
It’ll add sophistication to the area with just wood and roofing!
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Build A Small Or Large Waterfall
This can be a water feature that costs much less than the typical water feature!
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Adele Durango/Hometalk
Create An L Corner Bench
Corner seating can be just as great for the outdoors as it is for the indoors!
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Stephanie Abbott/Hometalk
Make A Unique Looking Bird Feeder
This one has an Alice In Wonderland feel, but you can make one out of so many things!
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Add Panelling Around Your Pool
The pool will have an old timey charm to it!
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Create A Tiki Bar
Because sometimes a gazebo isn’t extravagant enough. This one may end up being a budget buster, depending on how big it is.
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Give Yard Chairs A Fresh Paint Job
They’ll look brand new, but without the pricetag!
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Use An Old Copper mold As A Planter
They look incredible and can be cheaper than a plastic plant pot.
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Build A Smore’s Bar
The children will definitely stop playing video games and get outside if they can use this!
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Make A Pallet Table
Pallets can be repurposed into so much!
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Make Your Fence Unique!
If you think your fence makes your garden look too closed in, then you can replace parts of it with wire.
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Build A Garden Swing
Children and children at heart will love it.
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Build A Play Area For The Kids
Sand and a few accessories can be all it takes to keep kids occupied all summer long!
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Do You Have A Tree Stump? Turn It Into A Table
There’s no reason why an old stump should be an obstacle to your enjoyment of a yard!
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Got A Flat Tire? You Just Got A New Planter!
This is such an incredibly creative way to recycle!
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String Some Lights Between Trees/Walls
Stringed lights will make your yard look more magical for very little money!
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Make Some Wellington Boot Planters
People won’t know where the yard ends and people begin with some touches like this.
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Make Your Garden Look More Open With Some Mirrors
Depending on where you place them, you can give the illusion that your garden stretches out really far, or has windows into a whole second yard.
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Got No Grass? Use Little Bits Of Astro Turf
Astro Turf all over a yard can look tacky, but little bits of strategically placed astro turf can be really stylish!
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Put Down An Outdoor Rug
It’s a cliche to hide undesirable stuff under a rug, but it can really work with outdoor spaces that look a little downtrodden.
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Build A Stone Path
All that you need for this is some mulch and stones. Super cheap but looks super good!
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Build A Bench Around A Tree
Just like the tree stump table, this is a way of incorporating something that you might think is obstructing your yard.
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Cottagesandbungalows/Instagram
Build A Trellis
If you’ve got some spare wood, then you can create a simple trellis in no time.
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Thehappygardeninglife/Instagram
Put Marbles Inside Your Fence
All you need to do to make a fence unique like this is to drill some small holes into the fence and mallet some colorful marbles into the holes. Then, when the sun shines on the marbles, your garden will glow!
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Suchgaul/Instagram
Muralize Your Fence!
You can be your own backyard Banksy if you want!
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Bettysmith.art/Instagram
Add A Hammock
Hammocks are super popular for a reason! There are no points for originality with this tip, but who cares? You have a hammock now!
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Add A Swinging Chair
If the hammock is just a little too basic, then a swinging chair is a way of having the same concept while being more unique.
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Build A Makeshift Open Air Cinema!
If you get a projector and a sheet, then you can watch movies in your garden any time you like!
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Rissipiecie/Instagram
Build A Whole Outdoor Kitchen
Everyone has a barbecue. But by building stuff around it, you can have a whole outside kitchen!
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Buy Or Build A Portable Bar
It’ll make garden parties that much more relaxing. No more walking 20 feet to get a drink!
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Get A Croquet Set
If you’re going for an Alice in Wonderland feel, then no game could be more suitable!
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Add Brightly Colored Flowers
Adding a colorful arrangement of flowers can give a yard a unique vibrance.
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Manda_narie/Instagram
Use Vintage Tins As Plant Pots
A vintage tin looks much more unique than any kind of Home Depot plant pot!
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Install A Swinging Bed
Who doesn’t want to sleep outdoors sometimes?
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Add Lights To The Ground
Lights from tree to tree look great, but lights on the ground… Wow!
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Turn An Old Wine Bottle Into A Bird Feeder
It’s not like most homes have a shortage of leftover wine bottles, after all.
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Make A Barbecue Set Hanger
Perhaps the outdoors kitchen is a little too ambitious for you. If that’s the case, then this is a much easier way of making your barbecue area more interesting.
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Turn Wine Bottles Into Candle Holders
If they look great in Italian restaurants, then they can look fantastic in the yard!
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Create Windchimes
This is yet another magical touch. Basically any small bit of metal or hard material can become part of a wind chime!
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Build Or Buy An Outdoors Chandelier
There are so many lighting options for any backyard!
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Add An Outdoor Chalkboard
This is just another way to make your fencing a little more unique.
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This shows that, really, there are infinite possibilities when it comes to yard improvements. Every yard is unique, and everyone has their own taste. Hopefully, these ideas have inspired you to make your backyard as amazing as it should be!
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