Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard
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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 you look at the left of the picture there is a folding door that is on a track. I live in St. Louis and we have the same problem during the summer, too humid and too many mosquitoes. However there are about four weeks in the year that you can have the windows open and get fresh air.
I saw the door, but I need glass because I want the view.
Get a door... With Windows!
I actually prefer sliding glass doors if you can get them to not squeal when you open them.
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Maybe something like this!
But on a more serious note, this is pretty cool:
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@Tim_G said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
Maybe something like this!
But on a more serious note, this is pretty cool:
For the top one, the kids would be able to play while you work, but mosquitos and heat would still be an issue.
For the bottom one, just change out the glass on top for something opaque and we may be onto something. Bring in one good hail storm and that whole thing is busted up.
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@NerdyDad said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@Tim_G said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
For the top one, the kids would be able to play while you work, but mosquitos and heat would still be an issue.
For the bottom one, just change out the glass on top for something opaque and we may be onto something. Bring in one good hail storm and that whole thing is busted up.
He'll need air conditioning... If you use something opaque for the top, you could stick on the RV kind of roof AC unit.
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@Tim_G
Something like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/COLEMAN-15000-btu-RV-ROOF-AIR-CONDITIONER-with-Heat-/361958604806
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We have to fix up the back patio area as it is, too. Ugh, so much to do.
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Some nice ideas there. You need to add IoT lighting so that you can make the whole yard change colours.
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@StrongBad said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
Some nice ideas there. You need to add IoT lighting so that you can make the whole yard change colours.
Got to start on the big ideas before you can begin to work on the details.
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@NerdyDad said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@StrongBad said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
Some nice ideas there. You need to add IoT lighting so that you can make the whole yard change colours.
Got to start on the big ideas before you can begin to work on the details.
Be sure to check for permitting in your area.
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@Grey said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@NerdyDad said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@StrongBad said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
Some nice ideas there. You need to add IoT lighting so that you can make the whole yard change colours.
Got to start on the big ideas before you can begin to work on the details.
Be sure to check for permitting in your area.
It's Texas... they are all about freedom or something.
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@Grey said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@NerdyDad said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
@StrongBad said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
Some nice ideas there. You need to add IoT lighting so that you can make the whole yard change colours.
Got to start on the big ideas before you can begin to work on the details.
Be sure to check for permitting in your area.
Permits are for non-Texans.
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I was looking for pictures of my backyard for this and found that not a single one is tagged as such in my photos. But I DID find this great picture of my other backyard at my NY house. Now I remember why my kids don't want to give up that house, this is right outside New York City.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:
I was looking for pictures of my backyard for this and found that not a single one is tagged as such in my photos. But I DID find this great picture of my other backyard at my NY house. Now I remember why my kids don't want to give up that house, this is right outside New York City.
Man... that's lucky.
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Here is the most recent picture of the backyard in Carrollton. This was taken around January when the snow was on the ground.
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The yard goes off to the right just a little bit, but it is not a big yard by any stretch. The downside is that being so small will make it challenging to fit all of the things in that we want. The upside is that it isn't such an extreme project to make it all work. The firepit in the middle was not done by me and has to go, it's ridiculous. And that furniture is all dead, that has to go too
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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.
