5 DIY Landscaping Tips on a Budget

what's up world this is Brad from project build stuff and today I'm gonna show you five ways to completely make over your home's curb appeal I grew up in California where buying a house for a lot of people is a pipe dream but since moving to Indiana I've been lucky enough to buy my own home that I love but the curb appeal is lacking so I'm gonna show you the five ways I'm gonna completely make over the front of the house to really make it pop and stop having the neighbors make me look so bad let's start with the hard stuff hardscaping and edging years of root growth and movement had completely demolished all the edging around my planners and trees it really made my yard just look disheveled so it was time to rip him out and start fresh [Music] all of these edging stones were actually in really great condition they were just dirty and uneven so the most budget-friendly way I can do this is just to pull them out give them a good cleaning and put them back in nice and level I laid out all the stones on the driveway and just gave him a good pressure wash on both sides and it was actually quite incredible how clean they came out they practically looked like new to establish a perimeter for my edging I used some string and marking spray paint to paint perfect circles around each tree this will tell me where all my edging stones need to go back in [Music] here on the right side of the driveway the plan is to put in a whole new flowerbed I want it to perfectly match the one leading up to the front entry so I'm gonna measure it out I'm gonna transfer those measurements over to the ground using some more of that marking spray paint I don't have a straight edge that's quite long enough for the side of the house so I just eyeballed it with some string and then ran over that with the spray paint to give me a good line to work from for the curve I just eyeballed it and it's close enough this whole flowerbed is going to be lined with edging stones so we just need to dig out a little bit and get rid of all the grass so we have a nice clean surface to run with [Music] playing these edging stones is a simple but long process the real key is to make sure you have a nice flat surface you're laying them on and a rubber mallet comes in handy to convince them to go in the right place I just repeated the same process around all the trees and planters and it took a while but it looks really great in the end I ended up putting a second layer everywhere which really jumps out from the street and allows me to put in way more mulch which will look really nice [Music] my second tip is gonna be pressure washing even if you don't think your house needs to be pressure washed it does trust me I'm lucky enough to have vinyl siding so a pressure washer cleans it right up but where the real transformation comes is in the concrete [Music] this sidewalk didn't even look dirty but look how much is coming off of it pressure washer is one of those big bang for your buck tools you can rent one from your local home store for less than 50 bucks and it can make a world of difference on your curb appeal I spent just a couple hours out here with it and look at all this gunk that came up [Music] pressure washing is worth all the time and money tip three pruning overgrown trees and shrubs are just an eyesore but there's such an easy fix and make a big difference on your curb appeal this tree in my yard needed a prune in the worst way it drops berries that grow seedlings all over the face so I'm going at it with the saza and cleaning it up once and for all so much better my big tree just needed its yearly trim so you could actually see the front of the house from the street I think that's helpful with curb appeal my front shrubs just needed a little bit of a haircut to give them some shape they had that quarantine here going on tip for weed control and mulch my weeds were out of control and my mulch hadn't been replaced in years that needs to get fixed pronto yeah first step was to rip out all the old weed control and dig out all this gross mulch I want to start fresh I found it easiest to rake all this old mulch and debris into a pile and then use my quick leg bucket dustpan to scoop it all up in areas like this around the mailbox post where I didn't put in concrete edgers I used no dig edging to contain the mulch it's super easy to install and it keeps your mulch separated from the grass which makes mowing way easier around all the trees than the flowerbeds where I plan to put mulch and made sure to put a fabric lead block down first I cut this oversized and staked it down with metal yard stakes to keep it in place I then went back and trimmed off any of the excess that won't be covered by the mulch with some scissors I used the same tactic in these long flower beds just cut around the utility lines to make sure I got full coverage its mulch time I ended up using about thirty five cubic feet of mulch which with about sixty bucks so not too bad it was really just dump and spread I can do it [Music] in the harsh indiana winters the last mulch blew away and broke down plot I'm hoping this will last be a little longer so I've made sure to put a nice thick layer so it will hold up over time something just doesn't seem right about a bunch of organic material coming in plastic bags final tip plants and lighting why someone would ever plant this ugly thing is a mystery to me it even has thorns oh it has to go with that monstrosity dealt with we're gonna plant a couple hydrangea bushes here on the front of the house which will really soften up the landscaping when I picked these plants up from the nursery they suggested to mix the existing soil with some topsoil in order to give them the best chance of success I don't have a green thumb so I'm really hoping these work out the final touch is gonna be some landscape lighting because I want the house to look as good at night as it does during the day [Music] and there you have it five tips that completely change the curb appeal of my house I've already gotten a ton of comments from the neighbors on how good it looks and I couldn't be more happy in total I spent about $300 on everything which for landscaping is nothing if I had a professional come out and do all of this it would have cost me thousands of dollars I really love the way the mulch and the light stone goes together the trees are trimmed up nice you can really see the front of the house and the driveway is cleaner than I've ever seen it in my life I couldn't be more happy I really hope you guys enjoyed this and I would love to see what you guys do to your house so be sure to share those with me over on instagram at project build stuff I'd love to see what you do and how you make this your own and as always it's your turn go build stuff

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Id: 7WMvUE4Eups

Length: 9min 19sec (559 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 24 2020

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[u/ethan_carter84]

Such a transformation!