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The Blanco Bungalow: This Week In the Press
Open House This Weekend: Yep, if you haven’t heard, The Blanco Bungalow is for Sale
The Blanco Bungalow is Officially For Sale!
It’s official. The Blanco Bungalow in Long Beach, California is FOR SALE!
How to Build an Outdoor Stucco Sectional Sofa and Create the Ultimate California Style Backyard Fire Pit
How to build an outdoor stucco sectional couch for your backyard fire pit. Built with cinder blocks, cement and white stucco. Backyard Design Inspo from the Blanco Bungalow.
Blanco Bungalow Kitchen Reno: Week 3 (Building the Outdoor Pizza Kitchen)
Outdoor Accent Chair Roundup
POV: Palm Springs Staycation. How I transformed my Backyard into my very own Desert Oasis with World Market
Time to Get Spooky: The Scariest Halloween Decor for your Front Porch this Season
Coyote’s Clubhouse: A DIY Modern Kid’s Play House
My Yardzen Round 2 Designs are Here: The Blanco Bungalow is Getting a Major Glow up!
My Yarzen Round 1 Designs are Here, and I’d Love your Feedback
Bye Bye Weeds & Stickers: My Backyard Artificial Turf Reveal
Outdoor Pillow Round Up - The Best Black & Neutral Outdoor Pillows. Guaranteed to Cozy up your Outdoor Living Space this Summer
Outdoor Pillow Round Up - The Best Black & Neutral Outdoor Pillows Guaranteed to Cozy up your Outdoor Living Space this Summer - Blanco Bungalow
DIY: How To Build a Modern Wood Gate
Our fence, prior to this project, was a sad and rusty old wrought iron gate with zip tied bamboo. I wanted a sleek modern wood gate that would match our new crisp white exterior. Read on to find out how we built this new modern wood gate for under $2,000.
DIY: Fence Topper
If you live in Southern California, you know that our homes are literally built on top of each other. Some so close, you could reach out and touch your neighbors window from yours. For us, that was the case in addition to a two story unit next door looking down into our backyard, and a ever changing roster of airbnb guests. We had zero privacy and I’d had enough. Find out how I solved this problem and created some much needed privacy!
THE TRIALS OF STENCIL TILES
So to start out here, I’m going to tell you this was REALLY hard for me!
Haha, not to scare you or deter you from trying this, but for some reason I just couldn’t figure this one out!
FROM BLAH TO BOLD
PART ONE: How to refresh a tired old slab of concrete and make into something beautiful.
HOW TO FRESHEN UP YOUR LANDSCAPE (WITHOUT SPENDING A DIME)
We all deal with stress and anxiety differently. For me, the only thing that’s helped the past few weeks has been getting out in the yard.
NEW YEAR, NEW DOOR
When we painted the exterior of the house white, the old door became impossible to look at every day. The overall condition didn’t match the freshness of our crisp white paint (and I despised the spindles, and the handle. They reminded me of my grandma’s house, but not in a good way:). However, I loved the original door, and wanted to keep it….