Backyard Entertainment Area MAKEOVER! *with DIY Pallet Sectional* Cozy Garden Fire Pit Area

[@dantierandbalogh]

Hope you all enjoy our garden entertaining area transformation! This is what the bench area looks like now, but over time of course we will add more to it 😊 More lights, more cushions & more plants. But for the meantime, this was a huge change that we can now use and enjoy! Remember if your video seems blurry/ low quality, click the video➡️ Press the cog icon or 3 dots➡️ Then press quality➡️ Advanced➡️ 1080p 🤗 Now enjoy the video in full HD 🎬

[@estelsaradop492]

Your back yard is large enough to allow you to be creative. But it isn't always easy to have a vision of a finished product before you even attempt something. You guys did a wonderful job. ❤ ENJOY!

[@dantierandbalogh]

Thank you so much Estel! We would love to build a cabin at the top of the garden to either be a guest room or maybe we put the office up there? Who knows but we also want to extend the house at some point 😄 lots of ideas! Thank you again 🧡

[@Brenda-mf5rq]

Girl where are your safety glasses!! I learned the hard way always safety glasses! The bench looks great, love the color. Fantastic idea for a Japanese garden. Living in Las Vegas suburbs. We had weeks of 120-119 etc degrees and no rain. I plant anyway so enjoy finding plants. You two are doing a wonderful job can’t wait to see the final product.

[@innatelyindigo]

And a dust mask. Protect your lungs, especially when sanding wood.

[@dantierandbalogh]

🤣🤣 In all fairness I was wearing Sunglasses! But I get you. I assume you would have desert appropriate plants then in Nevada? Thank you for your lovely words Brenda 🧡 Stay safe in the Vegas heat ☀️ Your temperatures sound crazy to me 😅

[@judithmitchell4667]

Looks like a cozy, lovely space. Wonderful job! Blessings - Judith 🎭🎤

[@dantierandbalogh]

Thank you so much Judith! Take care 💙

[@theramblingrose_]

What a big improvement! I love that you changed to the warm timber colour, it really pops! Next summer is going to be grand 🌞

[@dantierandbalogh]

Thank you Nancy! I just need 1000 more plants in the garden and I'll be happy 🤭😆 I am a sucker for a Japanese Acer 🍁

[@sylvain123]

Hi Jacqueline, May I suggest that you invest in a pressure cleaner. You will need to clean the cement every year to keep it looking good. and it's back breaking work. After getting recommendations from neighbours I went with a pressure cleaner from aldi. Much cheaper than brand names from hardware stores. One of my best ever purchases as I can use it on any surface. Tiles, cement, pathways, gutters and even the exterior cladding on my house. Everything comes up like brand new. You'd be able to pressure clean the wall behind you in the video. It's amazing. Love how the seating area came up. Looks 100% better. Edit to add that a pressure cleaner would also take off most of the peeling paint from the seating area too.

[@dantierandbalogh]

Oh Aldi? Thanks so much for that suggestion, I'll keep a look out there. Thank you so much for your kind words too Sylvain 💙🙏 We will keep adding to the patio area and will also do a deep clean more often. After the winter the garden looks like a wreck🤣 it took us weeks to get it back to looking relatively normal 🤣

[@ginacrusco234]

Great before and after! And of course Lazlo is a new man too having now experienced S'Mores.

[@dantierandbalogh]

Thank you Gina! Laz did say it was life-changing 🤣🤣

[@kyliegonzalez8289]

You make Scottish summer sound like Spokane summers!!!

[@dantierandbalogh]

I think Washington & Scotland probably share the same amount of rain😅😅 Oh well, at least Autumn is authentic 🍁🍂

[@kyliegonzalez8289]

@@dantierandbalogh, I'll be keeping Scotland on my radar, then!

[@dantierandbalogh]

It's beautiful & so much to see! You must come 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤗

[@innatelyindigo]

You guys did a great job! I think it's a great idea to put bamboo along that wall. It'll look beautiful and give you some privacy too.

[@dantierandbalogh]

Thank you so much Dear! 💟 The wall is very strange. At the end of the house its very high (taller than us) but as it goes towards the bench it gets shorter and shorter (as we are on a slight upwards slope), meaning we see into our neighbours house / patio- which... Is not the best 🤣 without being mean about our neighbours, but we must cover up the gap for more privacy. I think bamboo will do the job 😅

[@timward3116]

Just to cheer Dantier and Balogh up regarding the weather in Scotland. Where I am, every single day's high temperature in July was between 42C and 47C, and so far this month, every single high temperaure has been between 38C and 116C. We did get 45 minutes of light rain, however... once. My two bougainvilleas, which I planted several months ago, are struggling like crazy, the homeless are dropping dead, and everyone else is about to strangle someone. Oh, what we wouldn't do for a fine bit of Scottish weather! P.S. The seating area looks great. You have a beautiful garden, and it will only get better!

[@dantierandbalogh]

Ok ok maybe I won't whine about the weather too much😅😅 Wow your temps are crazy!☀️☀️ I can imagine it's very difficult to sustain a garden and flowers etc in that kind of heat. I do wonder which country in the world has the best weather? Where is the most ideal place/ climate to live in? I feel like none of us can win😅 I always liked the idea of tropical like Florida, but they get the Hurricanes!!! I don't know...when you find out tell me🤣 Thanks for your kind words too Tim!!!! 🙏🙏

[@timward3116]

@@dantierandbalogh I do feel for you, though! I think the secret of good weather is a nice mix of temps and precipitation that aren't too extreme and keep things interesting. I have had an email British friend in Hetton-le-hole for over 15 years, and he spends his winters in absolute misery, but he tries to break them up with little trips to the Canaries. I've experienced a few long Chicago and Montreal winters, far more very long Phoenix summers (always at least six months, despite what the city's tourism advertising says), and one year of Irish weather. I don't know where the most ideal climate is, but I know that more moderate climates in the US are either very expensive places on the west coast or less expensive places on the east coast (less expensive for a reason: too many brain-dead, flag-waving, bible-thumping, nosey neighbors). I asked Google which city in the world has a climate closest to that of Phoenix. The answer was Baghdad (that tells you something). Here in Phoenix, some people have green thumbs based on trial and error. Others are rich and have professionals take care of their plants and lawns. But I am economically poor according to some charts, have no irrigation system, and my plantable area is only the size of my compact car (literally) and gets full sun in the long summers. I do have a patio, but it is completely covered and gets NO sun - EVER. I could grow any number of succulents, particularly cacti - but I just don't like them. Cacti are about as charming as a moss-covered rock and are as prickly as a porcupine. If my bougainvilleas don't make it, there is another plant that I had luck with many years ago - a big feathery thing with orange flowers. By the way, I LOVE your videos. They're so much more encouraging, insprirational, and informative than news programs! Okay, I know you're busy! No need to reply unless you want to! Thanks again!

[@dantierandbalogh]

Thanks so much! 🙏🙏 best of luck with your plants! I do agree with your friend, I think the only way to survive the UK is to escape to mainland Europe for some Sun ☀️ Currently 12°C in Edinburgh today 🤣🤣 It's practically Autumn!!

[@timward3116]

@@dantierandbalogh 12C! Why that's almost 54F! Brrrrr. That's a cold January temperature here! A few minutes ago, I was thanking God for our current temp of 39C, the lovely breeze, and some clouds to filter the sun!

[@kimberlyg9867]

Not sure of your water situation but I would highly recommend a power washer or two. Get a petrol operated one, more powerful. That would have definitely helped you clean up the bench but also any concrete walkways or walls. Or…try Wet&Forget! Love the colour you chose 👍🏼

[@dantierandbalogh]

Thank you Kimberly 💗

[@mauricebourbon8222]

Great job achieved by you both, looks good and you’ll enjoy the space more & more as you invest in time, plants and your Japanese theme, love it 😋😋👍🍹🍹

[@dantierandbalogh]

Thank you!! 🤗🤗🧡🧡

[@jeanfoxy-scott4117]

Great transformation. You guys did a great job . 👏👏 Enjoy your lovely chill area 🍹I love the idea of the bamboo fencing too that will add to your Japanese look and cover that drab wall . Defo purchase a jet washer for future ease . Great makeover

[@dantierandbalogh]

Thank you 💙💙

[@natvtxn1213]

Yay, I've been waiting for a DIY on your home! You both did such a great job making this a place to relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Those benches look like twin size mattresses would fit on them. Lazlo, expand your S'mores horizon by trying different types of chocolates with caramel, mint, nuts, etc.🍡🍫🍺

[@dantierandbalogh]

You're not wrong! The benches are huge and you're probably right about the mattresses 🤣🤣 Good S'mores tips thank you!🍫 If we lived in America, I'm sure there would be S'mores kits in the supermarkets- it was a struggle here to even get marshmallows!!!

[@paolasyava2175]

I Know, I should mind my own business, but I dont like the bench. It's not D&B. Not your style . Too big too heavy and not matching the future japan style vision. But I m sure you can be creative with that, and shape it down to your design, or something more organic. Hugs from Italy, 35°Celsius here.