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Before & After: Alexandra’s Make-Under Covered Patio

February 24, 2011

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before and after garden makeover shed california covered patio

When I saw Alexandra’s shed makeover on Design*Sponge this morning, my first thought, was geez Grace and her team are up early (I thought I was the only insomniac blogger!) ….and my second was to click back to the before a couple times trying to make sure that the ‘after’ was really a product of the ‘before’.   Taking an old run down shed, and making it under by removing the top half of the walls in order to create a covered patio is a genius idea for transforming this back garden space.  If this where mine, I would have the ceiling covered with twinkle lights so every dinner outside could still be under the ‘stars’ and I’d have clematis or rose vines growing up those posts.

before and after garden makeover shed california covered patio

before and after garden makeover shed california covered patio

  1. erin says:

    that looks great! i would love to hang out in a space like that each morning while i sip my coffee & read blogs!

  2. Laguna Dirt says:

    LOVE this! it’s a bit spartan still but that’s also it’s charm. i agree with you on the lights and a plant or two!

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