Spruce Ideas, Tips & Guides

Starting college is a huge undertaking for young adults; many are living on their own for the first time and creating a space they love from scratch. It's a time of self-exploration and figuring out how to best express their personalities in their decor. And who better to help get them started than «Queer Eye»'s interior designer, Bobby Berk?

This functional rooftop garden in London has vegetables and herbs growing in containers and raised beds/planter boxes that are movable.

Here at The Spruce, it's important to us that we show you the best, easiest ways to make your home work for you. Whether you're renting a home temporarily or you own your forever home, there are so many simple, doable ways to not just make it more beautiful, but more functional as well.

With more than 20 years’ experience, Arctic Cabins have designed their BBQ cabins in the traditional Finnish style, from sustainably sourced, slow-grown Scandinavian Redwood Spruce. This is a tried and tested material which is both visually stunning and durable. 

Here are Indoor Plant Support Ideas! Explore a range of practical and creative solutions to provide the necessary support for your beloved indoor plants.

When we find a new TikTok trend perfect for our fellow home decor lovers, it's only right that we share. Though the coastal grandmother aesthetic took the cake as last year's favorite lifestyle to replicate (and it's one we still love to this day), TikTok has coined yet another summer aesthetic: the «tomato girl.»

I love solar lighting around my patio area in the summer but sometimes the ones you can purchase aren't very pretty or cost too much for me. I decided to spruce them up with some dollar store vases. These end up costing $2 per light (not including the markers) but look so much better than the dollar lights.

Thanks to some excellent plant myth-busters who have shared their wisdom with us, we know that no houseplant is truly difficult, they all just need the right growing conditions. Still, there are some plants that have a reputation for being tricky to keep alive—and orchids are one such plant. 

Secure air plants onto a metal macrame ring with the support of some filler greens and jewelry wire. The idea is available at Clever Bloom.

There is no surefire way to rid your garden of the possibility of a deer buffet.As the evening falls, the four-legged rats – *ahem

Spruce up your home with our DIY Mobile Plant Stand Ideas. From repurposed materials to stylish designs, we’ve got you covered. Get inspired and create the perfect mobile display for your beloved greenery.

Amazon Prime Day is here—and, speaking from experience, there’s truly no better time to stock up on all things home. Prime Day is the retailer’s biggest sale of the year, and it promises all-time low prices across all of its product categories, including vacuums, bedding, appliances, smart tech, gardening and outdoor products, and more.

With more than 20 years’ experience, Arctic Cabins have designed their BBQ cabins in the traditional Finnish style, from sustainably sourced, slow-grown Scandinavian Redwood Spruce. This is a tried and tested material which is both visually stunning and durable. 

Need a way to spruce up your patio or yard?

I have this little tiny balcony that had water damage on the walls and just overall dinginess, and I was looking for low cost ways to make it a nice place to sit and read. I had no experience with tiling before and I'm really happy with the result!

Planting and maintaining a thriving garden isn’t all knowledge and natural instincts—there can be an element of luck, too. Sometimes, what affects your plants’ success is totally out of your control, such as rainfall, wind, and other weather events. That’s just a byproduct of working with nature.

Do You Have a Chain-Link Fence – Hate the Look, But Love the Enclosed Protection?

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There are many ways you can utilize small nooks in your home, depending on the size and location of the nook and your personal needs and preferences. These amazingTiny Nook Made into a Mini Garden Indoors Ideas are perfect for such spaces!

As you may have noticed, I’ve been on a quest to update the outdoor spaces of my home for the past few months. Beyond adding a new coat of paint, I wanted to add some decor to my fence to spruce it up a bit and add some visual interest. These DIY decorative plates are easy to make and super cheap. They will only last a season or two, but with a project this cheap and easy you’ll be happy to make a new set when needed. Follow my step-by-step tutorial below to get started today!

Homeowners—now more than ever—enjoy outdoor living by incorporating the front porch into their decor space; rather than let it go to waste as unused square footage. Even in colder months when outdoor living isn’t possible, homes utilize front porch Christmas decor and front porch lights to bring warmth, cheer, and brightness to the cold, dark season.

Shady gardens not only add texture and dimension to your garden, but they also thrive in shady areas. So, let’s get into the top picks for the Best Ornamental Grasses for Shade.

With thick elliptical leaves, and amazing barks and shapes, these Best Japanese Holly Bonsai Tree Pictures will show you how beautiful the Japanese Holly Bonsai is and why you need to get one for your home.

Choose a bottle with raised bottom and create a channel through it, wide enough to let the wasp fly in. Complete instructions are available at Garden Therapy.

It's officially outdoor season, which means everyone is looking to spruce up their gardens, patios, porches, and yards with the latest chic and comfy trends. But be wary of getting caught up in fads—just because an outdoor trend is pervasive and widespread doesn't mean you necessarily have to hop on the bandwagon, too.

A new porch for the new year! See how I gave our front porch a simple winter refresh with some help from my friends at The Home Depot.

You can find different creations with pallets all over the internet. From shelves, to tables, to chairs, to whatever your mind can think of. I wanted patio furniture, but did not want to spend a ton of money for it. So, we decided to jump on the pallet furniture band wagon with this 2 piece pallet sectional.

The culinary world has been buzzing with the possibilities of pistachios: These tasty little nuts are popping up in everything from baked goods to coffee—the Starbucks winter menu featured two new pistachio-flavored drinks—to cocktails. (If you haven’t tried a pistachio martini yet, consider this your sign to try one ASAP.)

Fire pits for wood decks are essentially like any other fire pit – other than the fact that they were specially designed to prevent heat from damaging your wooden deck. These types of fire pits have another very common use – they are installed on plastic decks; the design and construction of the fire pits ensure the plastic does not get damaged from all the heat.

The thought of having a nice spruced-up lawn, garden, or landscape is always exciting and looks closer to the proverbial concept of “home sweet home”. It can’t get better than breathing fresh air amid thick and colorful shrubbery right in front of your property on long and lazy summer afternoons. But whenever we think about such neat and clean vegetation spaces, we don’t factor in the effort and sweat that goes into maintaining them. 

People build fences for several reasons: safety, marking property boundaries, play areas for pets, and curb appeal.

Living in a small house is a growing rage among people from all walks of life, quite a few countries are having a big love affair with cabins.

I've built this simple bench for a friend of mine to use on its home terrace and i featured it with two plots to fit in it some furniture plants to give it a better stylish look.

FYI: The cost depends on how many planters you’d like. When we did this project, the planters were $20, posts were $15, bag of concrete $4 (about 2 planters worth), bag of rock $3/bag, planter hangers $8. The lights were $50 off Amazon and we used 2 for the entire patio. We had the scrap wood for the forms, the stain, and potting soil. Then you decide the type and therefore the cost of your flowers.

I absolutely love water features, I find the sound of running water calming and soothing. So, I have been working on a couple new water features in my yard, and today I’m sharing one of them. I have this large granite boulder in my back yard that looked a little boring, so I decided what better way to spruce it up then to add a beautiful DIY pond and waterfall, and, since we don’t have electric power in this area, I chose a solar pump with a backup battery to ensure the waterfall was running for a large part of the day without having to run extension cords throughout the yard (plus I love using green energy whenever possible!). I also added in some solar lights both in the pond and around so it looks spectacular at night!

Spring is finally upon us! Hallelujah! I've been waiting for this nice weather since last summer ended and now the time has come to start sprucing up our yard again.