These 3 Details Will Transform Your Patio

These 3 Details Will Transform Your Patio
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1. Build Lattice Walls

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Slatted walls allow for both views and light. Frame out precut panels, adding plywood arches and ready-made finials, and it’s a doable DIY.Learn how.

2. Use Rope Lights

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What’s more romantic than a candle chandelier?Set up your own with the Wrought Iron Ava Chandelier, about $75; A Rustic Garden; and T. W. Evans Cordage 3⁄8-inch Twisted Sisal Rope, about $13; Amazon.

3. Paint the Floor

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Give tired wood decking a second life by brushing boards with stain in a stripe pattern.

We like Olympic Deck, Fence & Siding Stain Solid in Gray Marble and Deep Charcoal, about $36 per gallon; Olympic for stores.

For more ideas to transform your patio, go to thisoldhouse.com.

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