While I’m grateful to have a giant tree in my backyard that provides shade to the new deck, I regularly dream of having a modern shade sail for the extra sunny days and long summer nights. More common in Australia and parts of Europe, shade...
Today’s post is a bit utilitarian, but following up on last week’s modern vertical fence, I’m also researching for a modern fence gate at the alley of #L2HQ. My perspective is that even something entirely utilitarian can be...
It’s been awhile, but let’s jump back in. It’s almost summer and my brain is dreaming of continued backyard projects. Specifically, I’ve been thinking through the possibility of a modern vertical fence design for a south...
While we haven’t yet been blanketed in snow, a wet fall and winter has got the best of #L2HQ and the deck is not quite finished. I work on days when the weather gets warm enough, but it hasn’t kept me from dreaming about the finished...
While I was away in Denmark refueling the creative fire, the backyard became a jungle. I’ve been getting it back to ground prep and continuing to demo. Now all that’s left is the upper platform at the door – and that comes down...
As summer turns to fall, the DIY home renovation at #L2HQ continues. We've had a very wet summer here in Indianapolis, which has affected both the painting contractor and my side of the exterior project work - ultimately affecting the entire...
Happy Friday! Last week we covered the modern wooden gate for the side of the house, but I wanted to also look at some modern wire fence options for that side location. There’s a double-edged sword of security: the solid wood gate provides...
Happy Friday! It’s time to look at some awesome modern wooden gate options to go in the horizontal fence that we talked about last week. This week we’ll focus on the side gate that happens between the houses – let’s go!...
Happy Friday! Last week we covered some built-in furniture ideas for the backyard as we prep for new deck space at #L2HQ. We’ve previously looked at some cool backyard fence ideas, but as we get closer to fence time, I thought it would be...
I mentioned in the 2017 goals post that, after taking over a year off from renovations to save up, this year would be the year for all of the exterior work on the L² Design Lab. And so it has been that ever since the beginning of July I have...