Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard
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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.
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@JaredBusch More maintenance yes, but I can put up a hedge in my yard cheaper than a fence. I don't need a permit to plant a hedge in my yard....I still like looking at a hedge more than a fence.
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@PenguinWrangler said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@JaredBusch More maintenance yes, but I can put up a hedge in my yard cheaper than a fence. I don't need a permit to plant a hedge in my yard....I still like looking at a hedge more than a fence.
Hedges and fences, like I spend any time outside, I don't care.
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@travisdh1 said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@PenguinWrangler said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@JaredBusch More maintenance yes, but I can put up a hedge in my yard cheaper than a fence. I don't need a permit to plant a hedge in my yard....I still like looking at a hedge more than a fence.
Hedges and fences, like I spend any time outside, I don't care.
My skin has no idea what pigmentation is
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If I am not working, or learning something new for work. I don't touch technology. I enjoy working in the yard, remolding my house, etc.
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@PenguinWrangler said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
If I am not working, or learning something new for work. I don't touch technology. I enjoy working in the yard, remolding my house, etc.
I just want a nice yard set up so that I can work on technology in a variety of environments.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@PenguinWrangler said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
If I am not working, or learning something new for work. I don't touch technology. I enjoy working in the yard, remolding my house, etc.
I just want a nice yard set up so that I can work on technology in a variety of environments.
Well, then just get one of these:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/22/samsungs-105-inch-curved-uhd-tv-priced-at-120000
And you can work in any environment.
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@Tim_G is that the one that people are hacking now with the MAC exposure?
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We would, actually, like to set something out there up with a projector so that we can do outdoor movies at night.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
We would, actually, like to set something out there up with a projector so that we can do outdoor movies at night.
We could do meetings out there too when its nice outside.
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@NerdyDad said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
We would, actually, like to set something out there up with a projector so that we can do outdoor movies at night.
We could do meetings out there too when its nice outside.
Yup, I hadn't even thought of doing the Mango Meetups out there. That's a great idea. Although it will be quite some time before we have enough done to make that viable. It needs a LOT of work.
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We could get a keg and invite everyone over for a crazy day of backyard renovations, lol.
