Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard
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Here is a horrible Google Satellite view of the house that is clearly taken before we bought the place, so is from pre-2011 at least.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
Here is the most recent picture of the backyard in Carrollton. This was taken around January when the snow was on the ground.
Why not enclose that porch area as your office. You can put in huge picture windows. I see a lot of fencing. Which I understand is for privacy, if the fencing is yours have you thought about doing a nice tall hedge instead? I am doing a Privet hedge at my house instead of fence. They can get up to 8' tall. I like looking at a hedge more than a fence. Plus it is cheaper.
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That porch is directly off of the living room and the main entrance to the outdoors. If we turned that into the office, my office would be part of the dining room on one side and part of the living room on the other and be non-stop foot traffic of people heading outside.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
That porch is directly off of the living room and the main entrance to the outdoors. If we turned that into the office, my office would be part of the dining room on one side and part of the living room on the other and be non-stop foot traffic of people heading outside.
And coming back in, and going back out, and coming back in....
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Yeah. And I want the office to really feel isolated from the house, not like I'm sitting in the living room, which is nearly where my office is now. The current office is on the far side of the dining room.
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@scottalanmiller What style do you like? Rustic, western, modern, industrial?
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@scottalanmiller Say industrial Scott. Please, for our friendship.
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@wirestyle22 said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@scottalanmiller Say industrial Scott. Please, for our friendship.
LOL... sorry. Dutch Modern.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@wirestyle22 said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@scottalanmiller Say industrial Scott. Please, for our friendship.
LOL... sorry. Dutch Modern.
noooooo
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@wirestyle22 I like the industrial look as well. I think you could look at some pre-built sheds and then convert it into the office you want, that would make it easy on you as the base structure would be done once it is in place at your house then all you have to do is decorate it to your tastes. On the outside/inside you could easily add 8 ft Corrugated Galvanized Steel to give it an industrial look For me I would look at one that had a garage door, then put in a windowed clear glass garage door. You can get screens that could come down for the rare occasions the weather is cool enough in Texas. 8 ft. Corrugated Galvanized Steel sheets are extremely cheap and you can put them right onto the side of the shed, inside or out as well. On one of the interior walls you could use a faux brick panel to give the interior an accent wall, http://www.homedepot.com/b/Building-Materials-Siding-Stone-Veneer-Faux-Stone/N-5yc1vZc9sr.
I like this desk myself for the interior.
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@PenguinWrangler said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@wirestyle22 I like the industrial look as well. I think you could look at some pre-built sheds and then convert it into the office you want, that would make it easy on you as the base structure would be done once it is in place at your house then all you have to do is decorate it to your tastes. On the outside/inside you could easily add 8 ft Corrugated Galvanized Steel to give it an industrial look For me I would look at one that had a garage door, then put in a windowed clear glass garage door. You can get screens that could come down for the rare occasions the weather is cool enough in Texas. 8 ft. Corrugated Galvanized Steel sheets are extremely cheap and you can put them right onto the side of the shed, inside or out as well. On one of the interior walls you could use a faux brick panel to give the interior an accent wall, http://www.homedepot.com/b/Building-Materials-Siding-Stone-Veneer-Faux-Stone/N-5yc1vZc9sr.
I like this desk myself for the interior.I love this style.
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The garage door and driveway are hidden away beyond the fence so are never seen with any other part of the house. It's rear alley access for the garage. So it is a bizarre thing where the garage makes you feel like you are in a totally different place than the house itself. There isn't even a normal door out of the garage, to get there from any other way you have to exit the far side of the house, cross the backyard and go out through a gate there.
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@PenguinWrangler I want to go with polished concerete for our kitchen. Looks fantastic.
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@PenguinWrangler Uck. I hear "Modern" used in styling/design and all I hear is "No storage space". I need to hide my junk!
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@wirestyle22 said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@PenguinWrangler I want to go with polished concerete for our kitchen. Looks fantastic.
We would like that. Have to totally rebuild the kitchen first, though.
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@wirestyle22 said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@PenguinWrangler I want to go with polished concerete for our kitchen. Looks fantastic.
Yep. I really like the look of polished concrete. Although I would hardly call that industrial often it just looks like a marble or granite counter top.
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@coliver said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@wirestyle22 said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@PenguinWrangler I want to go with polished concerete for our kitchen. Looks fantastic.
Yep. I really like the look of polished concrete. Although I would hardly call that industrial often it just looks like a marble or granite counter top.
Idk if I would do something extremely industrial for the countertop unless I discovered some awesome idea somewhere. Any ideas?
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@PenguinWrangler said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
I see a lot of fencing. Which I understand is for privacy, if the fencing is yours have you thought about doing a nice tall hedge instead? I am doing a Privet hedge at my house instead of fence. They can get up to 8' tall. I like looking at a hedge more than a fence. Plus it is cheaper.
Hedges are never cheaper. They requires a shitton of maintenance to keep decent. you cannot let them go. or ignore them. And they take a ton of space if not very carefully maintained.
I just spent 3 weeks clearing all the fucking scrub from my backyard. I gained over 10 foot of yard in some places.
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@JaredBusch said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@PenguinWrangler said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
I see a lot of fencing. Which I understand is for privacy, if the fencing is yours have you thought about doing a nice tall hedge instead? I am doing a Privet hedge at my house instead of fence. They can get up to 8' tall. I like looking at a hedge more than a fence. Plus it is cheaper.
Hedges are never cheaper. They requires a shitton of maintenance to keep decent. you cannot let them go. or ignore them. And they take a ton of space if not very carefully maintained.
I just spent 3 weeks clearing all the fucking scrub from my backyard. I gained over 10 foot of yard in some places.
Things like this make me happy I live where I live. We're looking at 15-20 acres for our next house... 10 ft man.
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@coliver said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@JaredBusch said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@PenguinWrangler said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
I see a lot of fencing. Which I understand is for privacy, if the fencing is yours have you thought about doing a nice tall hedge instead? I am doing a Privet hedge at my house instead of fence. They can get up to 8' tall. I like looking at a hedge more than a fence. Plus it is cheaper.
Hedges are never cheaper. They requires a shitton of maintenance to keep decent. you cannot let them go. or ignore them. And they take a ton of space if not very carefully maintained.
I just spent 3 weeks clearing all the fucking scrub from my backyard. I gained over 10 foot of yard in some places.
Things like this make me happy I live where I live. We're looking at 15-20 acres for our next house... 10 ft man.
Not that I cared much about the yard depth. Mostly I was noting this as a reason the hedges suck donkey balls.
