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25
Mar

Small Landscape Design

10 Secrets in Small Landscape Design We know what you are looking for. Even in a small backyard it seems we all want the same thing – an amazing outdoor space to hang out with their family and friends and also to have a nice little sanctuary for peace and quiet in our backyards. Today we want to share 10

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15
Mar

HGTV Backyard Makeover (Ultimate Outdoor Awards)

Final Nominee HGTV Ultimate Outdoor Awards Vote Now IT’S OFFICIAL! We are a Final Nominee for the HGTV Ultimate Outdoor Awards! We are honored to a FINALIST! The Outdoor Living Guy & Paradise Restored, right here in Happy Valley, Oregon USA. – are National Finalists! From HGTV: ‘After much deliberation, the HGTV Ultimate Outdoor Awards team has selected you to be a final nominee in

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11
Mar

Hillside Forest Landscape (Patio Cover Transformation)

Hillside Forest Landscape (Patio Cover Transformation) The Outdoor Living Guy here – happy photoshoot day! Today we’ll show you a beautiful start to finish with lots of ‘during’ construction footage. It’s a beautiful Oasis in the Woods – a hillside forest landscape patio cover transformation – a hillside outdoor living space. We will show you a start-to-finish Hillside Forest Landscape

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25
Feb

Dog Friendly Backyard

No More Muddy Paw Prints Hi Guys, Micah Outdoor Living Guy with a Tuesday tip for you about Dog Friendly Backyards. People call me constantly, especially as we move closer to the rainy season asking for help. “What can we do to create a dog-friendly space that prevents so much mud in the house?”  In answer, what we’ve done here

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23
Feb

Small Backyard Covered Patio Ideas

Best-Ever Outdoor Living Ideas Who better than the Outdoor Living Guy to give you the Best-Ever Small Backyard Covered Patio Ideas? He’s lived and breathed it for 26 years transforming outdoor spaces in backyards all over the Portland metropolitan area. Micah Dennis and his design team have also helped homeowners across the nation and in other countries with innovative 3-D

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18
Feb

Custom Outdoor Fireplace

Custom Outdoor Fireplace (Don’t BUY it BUILD it) Hey everybody it’s Micah Outdoor Living Guy with another Tuesday Tip for you. I love Tuesday tips –they’re short – they’re easy – and they’re very educational for you . . . So here we have this little custom outdoor fireplace. Yes, we’ve featured many different types of fireplaces to give you

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11
Feb

Backyard Kitchen Bars

Built in Pub style Bar for Backyard Hey Everybody, Outdoor Living Guy with another Tuesday tip for you – how built-in backyard kitchen bars maximize space.  Tip: A small bar table attached to the post of the detached structure.  We turned this post into a post table – a 42” table built in bar for patio area right across from

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9
Feb

Backyard Decks

Don’t Do a Backyard Deck How’s that for a landscape blog and video title? What exterior design/build company CEO tells people why they ‘should-not’ do a backyard deck? That would be me, the Outdoor Living Guy. Paradise Restored is a family. Our entire team promotes the satisfaction of our homeowners and that is why I would not recommend getting a

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28
Jan

Backyard Landscaping

Covered Outdoor Living Space (IN THE TREES) Hey guys, Micah, Outdoor Living Guy – talking to you today about maximizing space in Backyard Landscaping design – even in a property with a lot of trees. The video will show a grove of trees and what we were able to accomplish – a beautiful two room covered structure with hot tub,

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21
Jan

Backyard Designs

Hi Guys – Outdoor Living Guy Here . . . This vlog on Backyard Design is a “Can I get “Hoo-Ha” for our year 2020 designing outdoor living spaces and backyard designs. It brings out our bloopers, our fears . . . our triumphs. We want to thank those who follow this blog, our You-Tube followers, and our family and

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