Thursday, July 7, 2011

Backyard Makeover

As affordable housing contractors in the Bronx and other New York areas, we can help you give your backyard a makeover so it is prepped for your next summer party.


• There is bound to be a time when all of your flowers and plants aren’t in season, and there is any easy remedy for this. Pop into your local garden center (or even the grocery store) and pick up hanging plastic baskets of noncascading perrennials or annuals in full bloom (bonus points if they are brightly colored). Some good options are geraniums, scaevolas and daisies. Remove the hangers and burrow them (in their baskets) among those plants not in bloom. Then you can move them around to fill in barren spots!

• A water garden is an easy way to create a calming, luxurious space in your backyard. All you have to do is full a metal washtub with floating candles or aquatic plants (low-maintenance water lettuce works well). Voila!

• If your backyard space is lacking privacy, use potted plants to create a living screen. Tall varieties like ornamental grasses and flowering plants like begonia work well.

Stay tuned for more home maintenance and decorating tips all summer long! A Real Advantage Construction wants to help your Staten Island, NY pace be the best that it can be!

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