We might still be in the middle of the global Covid pandemic, but there are still lots of bright patches where the best of humanity shines through. Don’t get us wrong, the past year and a half has been utterly exhausting, but some people took advantage of the endless lockdowns to work on their personal projects. While some baked bread or took up painting (or wrote short stories about the Alien Apocalypse that was supposed to cap off 2020), others took a more natural approach… and put their green thumbs and DIY skills to work!
There are quite a few members of the Bored Panda team whose idea of a comfy evening means wrapping ourselves in a blanket on our porch or somewhere in our yard. With a good book, a big mug of hot tea, and an eye on the stars, popping up above us, one by one. So we wanted to share our love of cool and cozy backyard projects with you by showing you some of the utterly amazing transformations people did during the recent quarantines.
A lot of people were still working from home until very recently (some still are!), so they had more free time to spend with their families, on their hobbies, and doing various chores they’d been putting off. And, of course, to turn their tired, weed-ridden, overgrown yards, porches, and balconies into something the entire neighborhood could marvel at.
Scroll down to check out some of the most eye-catching quarantine yard before and afters and upvote the ones that you loved the most. In the mood to share your own lockdown projects, whatever they might be? Be sure to drop us a line in the comments. Meanwhile, let’s get digging, shall we? Pass the shovel and the hedge clippers, please!
And be sure to read on for Bored Panda’s interview with Dublin-based Stephen, who runs ‘The Powerwash Man’ power washing service and has seen more gardens (a lot of them in rough shape) than many of us put together.
#1 Never Had A Backyard In My Life. Took 3 Months Of Covid Quarantine To Pull This Together. Finally Have My Very Own Balcony Oasis In Toronto
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#2 I Built A Backyard Treehouse As A Quarantine Project
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#3 My Covid Backyard Project. An Especially Cozy Place For My Chickens. My Home Office Is In This Old Garage Looking Into The Chicken Coop
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#4 My Covid Project. Yard And Paint
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#5 Before And After Lockdown Backyard
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#6 My Quarantine Project, Before And After
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#7 Turned A Nasty Place Into A Cozy Place. Our Lockdown Project
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#8 Outdoor Living Room – My Corona Project
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#9 A Bit Late To The Party, But Here’s My Lockdown Garden Transformation
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#10 Since Everyone Seems To Be Posting Their Quarantine Project Before And Afters
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#11 My Neglected Backyard Covid Project: After A Lot Of Power Washing And Plant Care It’s Finally Used By Everyone
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#12 My Lockdown Garden Project For The Grandchildren Nearly Complete
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#13 New Home With A Neglected Garden vs. 3 Months Later With A Lot Of Hard Work
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#14 Revamped Entire Backyard During The Quarantine
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#15 Before & After Of Our Backyard Quarantine Project. I Will Be Purposely Social Distancing Here Throughout The Summer
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#16 You Guys Like Driveways? This Was My DIY Covid-19 Project
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#17 DIY Backyard Overhaul. 1 Girl, 2 Days, $750, And A Whole Ton Of Ambition
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#18 My Husband Transformed Our Backyard With His Own 2 Hands Over 9 Months
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#19 My Mom Finally Kicked My Abusive Stepdad Out So I’ve Had The Chance To Make Some Improvements
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#20 My Covid Project. Revamped Backyard
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#21 With My Free Time During Quarantine, I Gave My Kids The Backyard I Have Promised For Two Years
I only hired out the trenching for sprinklers, and leveling to final grade.
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#22 It Took Us Months Of Quarantine But We Revived The Family Garden
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#23 2020 Lockdown Garden Bar Build
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#24 My Quarantine Backyard Project
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#25 My Lockdown Backyard Project
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#26 My Lockdown Project
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#27 My Husband And I DIY’d Our Backyard In Phoenix
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#28 Our Quarantine Project Was Screening In And Decorating The Back Porch. Having This To Look Forward To Gets Me Through My Insane Work Days
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#29 My Dad’s Retired So He’s Had A Lot Of Time On His Hands Lately. This Is His Quarantine Project
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#30 That’s Right! It’s Another Lockdown Patio Project! I Built A Set Of Benches For Our Small Courtyard Patio
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#31 2 Days Of Work, 83 Days Of Waiting For The IKEA Order To Ship: Another Covid Backyard Make-Over
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#32 Combination Of 2 Summers Ago And Covid Lockdown. My Backyard
Deck, raised beds, trees, stone patio, arbor, gurgler, pavilion, and lots of aching muscles. I am not a landscaper by trade but rather a soft office man. I will never do this all again myself.
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#33 Backyard Quarantine Project
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#34 My Uncle’s Covid-19 Project
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#35 My Quarantine Project
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