Love the calm, peaceful feeling of being near water? Think a water feature in your yard would be great but don’t want the upkeep of a swimming pool? Want to increase your home’s value with natural-looking outdoor upgrades that lower your stress levels and drown out...
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How to Increase Your Home Value: Outdoor Upgrades
Does a pool increase home value? Does professional landscaping add value to your home? What about other outdoor upgrades, like a fire pit or a deck? If you’re considering leveling up your backyard, these questions have most likely crossed your mind. After all,...
Pool Safety Tips for Summer
Summer and swimming go together like daydreams and dandelions. But the most important aspect of enjoying all types of inground pools is safety, especially when children are around. The pros at Brothers Grimm take pool safety very seriously. We’ve been committed to...
Backyard Privacy: Creative Ways to Design Seclusion
Your home is a place to escape from the world — and your outdoor spaces are part of that refuge. It’s great when passersby and neighbors admire your front yard’s unique landscaping or trim, weed-free lawn. But most of us want a little more backyard privacy for...
How to Maintain and Care for an Inground Pool
The fantasy is universal: Soaking up the sun’s rays in your backyard next to a luxurious inground pool while your family and friends splash around, making golden memories that last a lifetime. Funny how pool maintenance is never part of that dream. But after choosing...
Cleveland Home & Garden Show Recap
Great Big Home & Garden Show Nothing says “it’s time to get to work” like attending the Great Big Home & Garden Show. Attendees from across Northeast Ohio swarmed to the Cleveland I-X Center February 4-13 to meet with vendors and get inspiration for upcoming...
Creating A Focal Point In Your Landscape Design
When you look at your yard, do you ever feel overwhelmed by the sea of foliage in the garden, or underwhelmed by the monotonous grass? If there’s too much going on to focus on one thing (or maybe nothing going on at all), it’s probably time to consider focal point...
Grass Seed vs Sod
Is your new construction lot ready to “go green?” Does your lackluster lawn need a bit of love? Now’s the time to talk about how to turn your turf (or lack thereof) into a green oasis. Making the right decision between grass seed vs sod starts with knowing your soil....
Winter Lawn Care
There’s no denying it: the colder weather is here! But before you think about winter, look ahead to next spring – and how you want your yard to feel when these winter months are over. Preparing the yard and protecting it all winter will help achieve a healthy lawn...
Create Your Dream Backyard Oasis
When you think about creating your perfect backyard, what images come to mind? Start there and then consider how you and your family may want to use the space. Do you want a place for your kids to run around and play? Will you be hosting gatherings of friends and...