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Two Babies, A Dog and One Desperate Landscape Window boxes and a big Sullivan cypress tree are key to this Desperate Landscape yard rehab. From "Desperate Landscapes" episode DDSL-111

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The newly installed window boxes

Project #2: Hanging a Window Box

Mollie and Eric's home will look much improved with window boxes under both windows. We ordered window boxes in a blue color to match the shutters.

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To hang the window boxes:

• Use the hardware provided with your window box (figure Q).

• Measure (figure R) for positioning of the box.

  Figure Q

  Figure R

  
  

• Use a chalk line to mark where you'd like to install the hardware (figures S and T).

  Figure S

  Figure T

  
  

• Wearing safety glasses, use a hammer drill to drill into the masonry (figure U) — not the brick.

  Tip: Put a piece of tape on the drill bit to remind yourself where to stop drilling and to drill holes of uniform depth (figure V).

• Fill holes with exterior caulk to prevent water from seeping in.

• Insert hardware (figure W).

  Figure U

  Figure V

  Figure W

  
  

• Once the hardware is installed and secure, carefully hang the window box on the sbrackets (figures X and Y).

  Figure X

  Figure Y

  
  
  
  

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