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Do-It-Yourself Home Projects

Yankee ingenuity is alive and well. Here are five clever home projects to inspire the do-it-yourselfer in all of us. This rooftop pergola (pictured), for instance. “It divides things up,” says the home owner. “You have a choice: You can either sit with the flowers and vegetables or sit under the shade in the pergola.” […]

A small balcony with white pergola, columns, and chairs, surrounded by autumn trees and brick wall.

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Photo Credit : Katherine Keenan

Yankee ingenuity is alive and well. Here are five clever home projects to inspire the do-it-yourselfer in all of us.

This rooftop pergola (pictured), for instance. “It divides things up,” says the home owner. “You have a choice: You can either sit with the flowers and vegetables or sit under the shade in the pergola.”

Inside, outside, all around the house — add a roof, porch, pergola, coat rack, even a covered bridge.

Click on “home projects” at the end of this list for more do-it-yourself ideas.

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