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MP Doors 72 in. x 80 in. Fiberglass Smooth White Left-Hand Inswing Hinged 3/4-Lite Patio Door with 4-Lite SDL

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Make a smart addition to your home with the MasterPiece Series 3/4 Lite Hinged Fiberglass Patio Door by MP Doors. Engineered with Hydroshield Technology, the fiberglass door panels with complete composite edging and full composite frames are 100% waterproof and resist rotting, warping, splitting, delaminating, denting and rusting. Loaded with energy efficient features, this hinged door comes double bored and includes patented water-resistant draining system and weather-stripping insulation. Both the main active panel and the secondary passive panel are operable. Open both door panels to reveal a wide clear opening with no center post to hinder your view. The secondary passive panel comes with 2 flush bolt locks that secure into the top and bottom frame when closed. This low maintenance door is engineered to withstand a lifetime of use and offers peace of mind that your door will remain beautiful for years to come.


Make a Garden Screen Door

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This shows how to make a simple screened patio door using basic tools and lumber. #gardening #gardenideas #patio #patiodoor #screendoor #diy #empressofdirt How to make a custom size screen door for a patio or sunroom using 2×4 wood and hardware.


The “Cooper River” Swing Bed

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Not your average porch swing! Our swing beds are hand-built, unique and customized per client. If you can dream it, we can build it. Contemporary OR country chic, The “Cooper River†model is the perfect addition to any home. Review examples of paint/stain finishes at: https://www.lcswingbeds.com/kb_results.asp?ID=8 Read about our different wood types, different ropes, and see videos on how to install your swing at https://www.lcswingbeds.com/kb_results.asp?all=Y. • Mattress and cushions/pillows are added into your cart separately. Will work with 6†or 8†mattress. • Weight capacity 1280 lbs (based on the ceiling hooks provided if you purchase one of our hanging options). • Swing bed weighs between 50-125 lbs depending on size and wood type chosen. • 1-year Warranty. • Dimensions listed on spacing diagram below. **Some assembly required. Swing arrives partially assembled with very easy-to-follow assembly instructions. No signature required for delivery of swing. Current lead time = 4-6 weeks.** THE COOPER RIVER SPACING DIAGRAM Need a custom size or have additional questions? No problem! Email claire@lcswingbeds.com for assistance.




Outlet Insulation Stops Cold Air Coming Through Electrical Outlets

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Drafty Patio Door? Weatherstripping Stops Drafts Cold Stop drafts cold at electrical boxes with these easy outlet insulation tips.


Replacing A Patio Door

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Replacing A Patio Door – Popular Mechanics New units look good and install fast.


Make Your Doors Look Expensive on Budget

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Make Your Doors Look Expensive on Budget :: Hometalk This post is about making your existing patio doors look more expensive. Either by painting, replacing the door handles or adding green to give it a landscaped…




DIY Outdoor Dining Table Projects

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These DIY outdoor dining table projects will blow you away! Explore this blog post and check out the tutorials, ideas and projects for these gorgeous DIY Outdoor Dining Tables! #DIYoutdoordiningtables #outdoordiningtables #DIYdiningtables #DIY #diningtables #diningtableprojects I don’t know about you, but I would rather eat outside in my garden.So we found these DIY outdoor dining tables we can all build ourselves!


Nightlock Patio for Sliding Glass Doors

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 Sliding glass doors can be a beautiful addition to any home. When they open up to a peaceful patio and lush backyard they can be an attractive feature to any homeowner. They are also a favorite entry point for intruders. The challenge for homeowners, and the appeal to intruders, is that these doors can be difficult to secure and often open up into very vulnerable parts of the home such as master bedrooms. The NIGHTLOCK Patio offers the peace of mind that traditional security measures cannot. Unlike an adjustable bar brace or broomstick in the door, NIGHTLOCK Patio anchors securely to the ground and uses the strength of the floor to keep your sliding door securely shut. The NIGHTLOCK Patio was designed to prevent unwanted entry through your sliding glass patio doors, a favorite entry point for intruders. Unlike the classic broom stick or portable adjustable bar brace, the NIGHTLOCK Patio is anchored securely to the floor. Using the strength of the floor, the NIGHTLOCK Patio is the perfect solution. Bulk purchasing discounts are available for orders larger than 50 units. This item is not available for resale distribution. HOME & BUSINESS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS I have a monitored burglar alarm system, so why do I need NIGHTLOCK? A burglar alarm is just one layer of a comprehensive home security system. Burglar alarms do not keep intruders out of your home—and once an intruder is in your home, you and your family are in danger. The NIGHTLOCK is designed to keep intruders out of your home in the first place. Is the NIGHTLOCK easy to install or will I need to call a locksmith to install it for me? The NIGHTLOCK is very easy to install and use. Initial installation takes just a few minutes and securing the NIGHTLOCK when you go to bed at night is simple, just slide in the handle. I already have a deadbolt and a chain lock on my front door, so why do I also need NIGHTLOCK? Deadbolt and chain locks are only as good as the frames to which they’re attached. Most of these locks are attached to flimsy door frames and wood trim. This makes it easy for burglars to kick in the door regardless of the quality of the lock. But the NIGHTLOCK is anchored securely to the floor, literally barricading your entry doors shut and making entry door kick-ins virtually impossible. By using the power of leverage to secure the door, the NIGHTLOCK can withstand tremendous force and provide maximum home security.


Levolor® Panel Track Blinds: Light Filtering

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Levolor® Panel Track Blind: Designer Textures Light Filtering shown in Whisper About This Window Treatment Provides excellent light control and maintains privacy Perfect solution for large windows or sliding doors Contemporary look with both textured and solid styles Ultra slim headrail with optional valance Each panel is individual for sleek and smooth operation




Sliding French Door

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Am I crazy to think of replacing my existing French Doors??? I’d get the look of the French Doors without giving up the living space by them opening into the family room. Hmmmmm. Create extra space and enjoy privacy as well with sliding French doors with screens. Divide a large room with a sliding French door to create an extra room for entertainment, work area, study room or for any other practical purpose.


The Curse of the Back Door

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black french doors with transom My friends. I have discovered a curse. I named it the Curse of the Back Door. It’s real people. When we got our new (faux) french doors installed last fall I knew I wanted to paint them black. I loved the white too (they were actually just primed) but my heart lies with the lovely contrast of black doors and white trim: All of the interior doors in our basement and main floor are painted black — I still have to start the upstairs. These doors never caused me any problems. I’ve shared how to paint them here and here. It takes some time (primer and at least two coats of paint) but in general this is a pretty easy DIY project: Soooo…remember that one time when I went to paint our atrium door black and the entire glass window fell out and we had a gaping hole in our house for a couple days? Yeah. Good times. I knew better this time then to attempt this the same way. Our doors have the plastic grids over the top so when disaster hit last time I was taking the grid off to spray paint it. Other than breaking the entire door that method worked pretty well. 😉 The paint held up on the plastic for years. Now after looking at our new doors I realized that that old door wasn’t properly glued. The glass shouldn’t have fallen out — but I wasn’t taking a chance on it happening again. I cleaned the grids well before I started: The paint color I use is Graphite by Benjamin Moore and I have it mixed at Sherwin Williams. Since I was hand painting the grids this time I asked what paint was best and they suggested this stuff: It’s supposed to grip well to all surfaces. At first I was going to do a combo of taping off the grids and sliding paper behind them to paint. I didn’t want to tape off all of it and it’s easy to get paper behind there. As I started to do that I remembered a trick I’ve seen over the years of just painting the grids and then scraping the paint off the glass after the fact. I’ve actually done that before on smaller projects and it worked quite well: It always looks so easy right? You just wait for the paint to dry and use a razor and its simple right? FOR ALL THAT IS GOOD DO NOT DO THIS. Gah. Arrrgghhhh. Seriously! I cannot express the frustration of this process and the length of this process and the strong desire to kick something during this process. It was HORRIBLE. There are many factors that may have contributed to this that I’ll go into in a minute. But the bottom line is that it sucked. I used a straight razor edge to scrape it all off: This photo was taken after the fact, when the crying stopped. The process took hours and hours and hours. I would scrape it would peel the paint off the grid. Or I would score it first, then scrap, and the paint would go under the grid. Then I’d lift the grid off a bit and have to try to get under there to get it all out. When it did work it was excruciatingly slow — little bitty strands would come off at a time. I sat scraping for three hours one night. THREE. HOURS. And I wasn’t even done. Now. There are a few reasons this may have happened. First of all, this type of grid is just not a good place to use this method. Since it moves around and it’s so easy for the paint to get underneath, it creates a ton of work. If you have interior doors with the wood grids that are glued on — go for it. It will work MUCH better. It could have been that I did it too soon after I painted — I waited almost a day to scrape though, and the paint was plenty dry. I tried it the next day and it was just as much of a mess and pain in the butt. You could wait much longer for the paint to cure even more, but this door gets full sun all day and I didn’t want to chance it getting baked on there. I thought it could also be because this paint is an enamel — maybe it’s not as easy to scrape? (It was almost like it was plastic or rubbery when it would come off.) I don’t know what it was, but I’ve decide I’m never painting a back door ever again. EVER AGAIN. I’m not good at it, obviously. 😉 Thankfully I don’t see us having any more back doors to paint in the near future. And thankfully, I LOVE how it turned out: I waited a long time to do these for a few reasons — one, I was just enjoying them as they were for a while. Also, I was trying to decide if I was going to paint the transom and how I would make that work since those grids are inside the window: I went back and forth on it for months. But the other day I had a total DUH moment. I painted our front door black years ago and we have a transom up there too — and I never even considered painting that one. And I love that one as it is, so I went with that here too: I asked my husband and he thought it looked better with it white to match all the windows. He’s right. And less work for me. 🙂 I do think the transom would look great painted black as well though! There’s still more paint to scrape and touch ups to do, but you know what? I’m leaving it. It’s fine. I need a break from the scraping. It almost put me over the edge. There may have been some maniacal laughing by 11 p.m. that night. But I knew the moment I stepped back and took it all in that it was worth it…I will never tire of the look of black doors: I think they are classic and also add some interest and character. They also make these pretty doors even more of a statement — they were beautiful before but they kind of “went away” when you were in the room. And that’s OK! I just love how the black makes them pop. And it ties in beautifully with our pantry door a few feet away: Oh look! Doritos! I love the look of black window frames too, but I think that would get a little heavy. It’s not possible with our windows anyway (the grids are inside) and you won’t find this girl painting a grid of any kind anytime soon. Or ever. So there you go, the dramatic tale of yet another back door makeover. Have you ever tried to paint these types of doors? Any luck? What method did you use?


13 Country Chic Ways to Refresh a Screen Door

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Include some barn style to the back of your home by installing a sliding screen door. Get the tutorial at Planted and Blooming Girl. Because it’s not a country house without a screen door.




Cheap Farmhouse Style Curtains Just $5 & No Sewing!

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Farmhouse living room DIY curtains now sew just $5 to make each of the farmhouse curtains! Cheap farmhouse decor. Farmhouse living room DIY curtains now sew just $5 to make each of the farmhouse curtains! Cheap farmhouse decor.


How to Replace a Patio Door

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“Install a new, efficient patio door and stop drafts, save energy, eliminate leaks and restore smooth operation. We walk you through all the steps, including the critical flashing details, and you can save $300 if you do it yourself.” How to install a new smooth-rolling and leakproof sliding door


15 Best DIY Outdoor Pallet Furniture Ideas

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A daybed on your patio or porch can be so lovely for napping outside over the summer months. Learn how to make an easy DIY Daybed using pallets for cheap — and then relax all summer long! Transform your patio and backyard into an outdoor living area that you can enjoy with these 15 easy DIY outdoor pallet furniture ideas. 1. Pallet Wood Outdoor Sofa via www.funkyjunkinteriors.net 2. DIY Outdoor Patio Furniture from Pallets Make this lovely furniture set that consists of a corner bench, two chairs and a beautiful table. All made entirely