Adding personality and character to your house is always important if you want to make it warm and welcoming. Considering the fact that the backyard gives the most amount of creative freedom in terms of how you want to express yourself, here are 5 weekend projects to personalize your backyard.

Personalizing your backyard can be a lot of work, if you don’t have a proper plan in place. Knowing what you want, and how to go about achieving it, is one of the perquisites of a successful backyard renovation. Listed below are some ways you can go about adding personal touches to your backyard over the weekend.

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A beautiful water feature in a backyard
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Add A Water Element

Backyards can appear monotonous, with too much focus on greenery. To counteract it, you can opt for a small (or large, depending on your budget) water feature like a fountain, or a miniature waterfall in the corner. Since these additions don’t require too much effort, you can easily complete them over the weekend.

Tile It Up

What better way to personalize your backyard than by decorating it with a variety of fancy tiles. You can either create a central showpiece with the tiles, or just build a pavement around the backyard using tiles. The best part about using tiles is that they don’t demand too much work from your side, and can be easily finished in a day’s time, depending on the complexity of your design.

Backyard Kitchen Gardens

Imagine the delight and surprise on your guest’s face when they enter your backyard, and notice a kitchen garden with a variety of edible plants and fruits. Building a kitchen garden is actually pretty easy and can definitely be completed in a weekend. 

The important thing to remember here is that the amount of space you allot for your garden is crucial. You should carefully consider space allocation as you don’t want to overcrowd your backyard.

As Simple As A Swimming Pool

Sometimes the trick lies in simplicity. Instead of going overboard with too much creativity, why not opt for something much simpler? A swimming pool is the ideal choice if you are looking to relax in the sun, and have a good time. Although you have to hire professionals to do the work, it will be worth it, and won’t even take that long.

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Buying a grill will let you entertain outdoors
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Grill Is The Drill

Adding a grill station to your backyard is a great way to ensure that you have a good time with your family and friends over the weekend. This idea for personalizing your backyard involves the least amount of work, and still ensures that you add something special to your backyard.


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These 5 weekend projects were put together by Aashish Kumar from CommonFloor.com