This video of a South Florida backyard landscaping project goes beyond the basics of design and touch on design elements that are associated with landscaping style in Southern Florida and other coastal areas. Along with that, there are some good points and pictures of the actual design of this back yard landscape. Good video for design and style tips.

While this design is created in South Florida and the design ideas are tropical, they aren’t specific to Florida. See Backyard landscaping ideas for some really great design ideas and plans of all different themes and geographic locations.

This backyard landscaping idea in South Florida has a lot of elements that make it perfect for entertaining and living in. Along with beautiful landscape lighting, the outdoor fire pit makes the backyard perfect for night time as well. Even though there is rarely a need for the warmth of fire in South Florida, the light and atmosphere make a wonderful addition to the night time use of the yard.

For the rest of the time both day and night, the outdoor kitchen and swimming pool make good for spending time and entertaining. A very good example of Southern Florida landscaping that is sure to have at least one idea that most folks can use.

Screened in backyard patio with outdoor kitchen. This first part of the series goes through the backyard design plan and some of the theory behind designing it.

Screened in patios are becoming quite popular as more folks are spending more time outside. If you’re concerned that a large screen might be an eyesore in your landscaping, you might reconsider. It really isn’t that big of a deal. See Patio designs for a huge list of pictures of patio designs and design ideas for decorating and creating patios.

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This video goes through a stamped concrete patio project from beginning to end.  Get a good idea of what’s involved in not only stamped concrete but also any concrete driveway, patio, or other project. From digging a foundation, placing reinforcement, pouring the concrete, stamping, finishing, and sealing the concrete patio.

A decorative concrete project that involves both stamping and stenciling.  Methods, techniques, and steps involved in stamped and stenciled concrete.

A visual step by step tutorial on how to stamp decorative colored stamped concrete for your driveway, patio, swimming pool deck, sun room or landscape. The video is fairly short but gives a good idea of the steps involved. See how to stamp concrete for step by step written instructions for stamping concrete.

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This video shows how to stamp concrete in a project from start to finish. And while it does have some good points and shows many steps involved in the pouring and stamping process, there is a bit of video that could have been left out.

The video shows the project from start to finish. More than just pouring the concrete and stamping it, they show a complete restoration including demolition of the existing landscaping and concrete patio.

This short video is just a quick overview of the steps involved to stamp concrete. While this video doesn’t show any of the details involved in stamping concrete, you can visit how to stamp concrete and get step by step instructions, pictures, ideas, and more.

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A real cool decorative concrete demonstration video that combines stamping and stenciling stained concrete in the same project.

More detailed information on staining, stamping, and stenciling concrete can be found at decorative concrete ideas.  To view all the videos in this play list, see concrete decorating videos.