Hey everyone—welcome back to yet another garbage outdoor makeover. In this video I finally stop ignoring my covered breezeway patio (aka the outdoor dumping ground) and turn it into a functional, colorful, renter-friendly outdoor kitchen + gardening station. I walk you through what wasn’t working—too many random “tables,” zero storage, no real prep space for grilling, and a potting setup that was way too low for my back—and then I rebuild the entire layout so it actually supports how I live in the summer. The big shift was adding structure: I scored a beat-up IKEA kitchen island from the AS-IS section and used it as a waist-height potting table with weatherproof bins to hide fertilizers and supplies. Then I built two IKEA GRILLSKÄR units to create that outdoor-kitchen vibe and reconfigured everything into a more interesting, zoned layout (kitchen zone + dining zone + garden zone). I also DIYed a pegboard tool wall, added shelves into the cement wall with a masonry bit, brought in a rug to visually “section off” the kitchen area, and finished it all with small details like labels, hooks, thrifted/secondhand pieces, and a prettier citronella candle. My biggest takeaway: you don’t need a renovation to make an outdoor space feel built-in—organization, vertical storage, and a smart layout do most of the heavy lifting (and yes, it’s still renter-friendly).