Did you decide to decorate your summer cottage for the new season or just tired of the monotonous look? Then we offer to decorate the flower beds and install beautiful benches in the garden. In our article you will find some original ideas that will allow you to decorate the yard with your own hands. Also, all material is diluted with real photographs of landscape design, motivating the homeowner to implement the most ambitious ideas.
Flower Arrangements
To organize the design of a private courtyard with your own hands, you must first familiarize yourself with the basic theoretical information that every designer and florist learns in special schools. To do this, you do not have to spend several years on expensive training. It will suffice to study the "short course" presented in this and subsequent sections. For example, any designer should know the combinations of different types of colors and be able to come up with some original compositions based on this information.
If your house has a porch or porch, then you should think about how to decorate it withclimbing plants such as roses. Also, a similar idea is perfect for windows with bars. Well, if you don’t have any supports along which you can put decorative crops, then you can make them yourself. For example, you can build a beautiful arch for roses or build a special white lattice on which decorative grapes will trail - there are just a lot of options.
Also, do not forget that garden crops can be planted in the most unusual pots. For example, old unnecessary shoes or even a bicycle will do as a flowerpot! It will be enough to close up all the holes in the basket with clay, then pour some fresh substrate into it, and weaving violets can be put on the wheels, which will give the old little thing a decorative appearance. In general, original ideas for decorating the courtyard of a private house are limited only by the designer's imagination.
Pruning
If there are several bushes on your site that need regular processing, then why not add a touch of variety to this routine process? If everything is in order with your imagination, then you can make various houses, pyramids, Christmas trees or even large animals out of plants. Of course, to create such a composition, you will need to handle pruners and clippers quite well, but this is not as difficult as it seems at first glance.
Professional gardeners recommend that beginners start with simple shapes such as balls or triangles. Over time, your skill will grow and youyou can make a real zoo with a variety of animals out of your garden plot. To add more decorative elements to such compositions, it is recommended to add some bright objects. For example, bows, hats, glasses and so on.
Pool, fountain or waterfall
Many designers and florists use various fountains, waterfalls and pools to decorate the courtyard garden, which look especially great in the summer season. Of course, such pleasure is far from cheap, but just imagine how pleasant it will be for your guests to be near the water on a hot summer day.
Besides the decorative appearance, fountains and waterfalls have a very practical purpose - to protect plants from drought. Sprays fall on nearby crops and constantly keep the soil moist. Well, almost any child who visits your house with their parents will be happy with the pool. Yes, what a sin to conceal. Even adults sometimes like to splash in the water.
Fountains and pools, installed somewhere in the depths of the garden, in the middle of overgrown crops, look pretty good. If you manage to organize a shady area on your site, then you can also put a few benches or swings for children there. Just imagine how pleasant it will be to hide in such a secluded corner from the heat, and even enjoy the murmur of crystal clear water.
Stone garden - mysterious and beautiful
To design a flower garden in the yard, many designersuse beautiful decorative stones and create real works of art from them. Well, or you can just dilute the area near the water with beautiful pebbles. Especially harmoniously stone paths are combined with waterfalls and living ponds. Stone elements will give your garden a special touch of mystery that can be seen in Asia.
You can also use special decorative tiles and lay out not only paths, but also entire playgrounds. After that, you can place a table and a few chairs there for relaxing, and pull a tent on top - a great seating area. Well, if you also adore dishes on fire, then be sure to put a beautiful decorative brazier in such a place, where you can barbecue or barbecue.
Have you ever heard of stone gardens in Japan? Who said that such beauty cannot be arranged in our country? especially if you manage to get really beautiful stones. As additional elements, you can build a small stream and an Asian-style water ladder that hits the water at the moment when the bowl overflows with life-giving liquid.
Arbor - a classic option
Well, what kind of decoration of the courtyard of a private house with your own hands can we talk about if there is no gazebo in the garden - the main building in which you can have a good time with friends or relatives? Arbors can be very diverse:
- attached to the house;
- open walls;
- closed type, etc.
Also, many designers make such a building in the form of a tent or tent to give their garden plot an unusual style. Of course, the most practical option would be a polycarbonate building that is not afraid of either the sun or hail. Also, designers will be pleased with the large color palette of building materials, which allows you to choose polycarbonate that will blend perfectly with your garden plot or home.
If you want to give your yard a special romance, you can set up a wedding-style tent and place a lot of beautiful outdoor furniture under it. The improvement of such a tent will not only create a pleasant element on your site, but will also bring you a lot of positive emotions, especially if you involve a loved one or other family members in the workflow.
The classic version of the gazebo is a wooden building. If you have a pond or fountain in your garden, then you should place it in close proximity to such an element of decor. During construction, you can use various carved elements that will make your building stand out from all the others. Especially if at the end you paint it in the right color and arrange it properly.
Garden tires
The most common use for car tires for decoration purposes is to use them as flower beds for garden plants. Before that, it is highly recommended to paint them well in bright colors so that they catch the eye of your guests. ATsuch "pots" can be planted in almost any culture that does not have a developed root system. Feel free to use two tires at once, stacked on top of each other. This way the plant will be at a high enough height for your guests to pay attention to it.
Also, tires are ideal for making improvised upholstered furniture out of them. It will be enough just to tamp the hollow area with any available material, and then put some beautiful bedding on the tire. Well, or you can make a gazebo table out of them by placing them on a prefabricated metal frame. And on top of the composition, you can put a round glass to make it convenient to write or dine on the table.
Also, many owners of summer cottages make original swings for children from car tires. However, you will need to purchase high-quality cables with carabiners so that they can withstand the weight of not only a child, but also a heavy tire. You can also paint a similar element of the garden plot with colored paint. And it is not necessary to do it in one tone. You can add polka dots to the tire or decorate it with some other patterns if you have a talent for this. In general, show your imagination, and you will certainly be able to create something unusual and memorable from the usual material at hand.
Yard decoration for the New Year
What kind of holiday can we talk about if it is not accompanied by decorating the yard and the New Year tree? Forthis you can use your most daring ideas. Even if snow rarely falls in your climate zone, no one forbids you to give a piece of New Year's mood to your friends and neighbors. To do this, you can decorate literally anything in the Christmas or New Year style - a palm tree, bushes, flowers, trees, a fence, and so on. Simply throw Christmas garlands around your yard or decorate your terrace with tinsel.
You can also make various New Year's sculptures with your own hands or purchase them in a store. For example, many owners of private houses install Christmas deer or a real Santa Claus on their plots. However, find a suitable place for it so that passers-by can properly examine the New Year's composition that you have set. For example, you can place him in a decorated gazebo, from where he will invite guests to his place and distribute gifts.
Do-it-yourself yard decoration for the New Year is a very important task that should be given as much attention as possible. If you have a tiled path on your site, be sure to put garlands along the border. Such a spectacle will look very bewitching on New Year's Eve, when you decide to leave the house in order to watch New Year's fireworks. If you have the opportunity, then put a huge Christmas tree in the yard and decorate it with everything you can. However, do not forget to hang up the main detail - a five-pointed star.
Snow figures
For the New Year's decoration of the yard is not necessary at alluse any item. It will be enough to take as a building material what is under your feet in winter - snow. Perhaps the most banal idea that can be brought to life is a big snowman that will delight both adults and children with its funny appearance. However, when creating such a decor element, it is not at all necessary to be guided by standard principles. For example, you can insert a small pineapple instead of a carrot, and replace the old bucket on his head with a brand new top hat or hat from the 60s. In general, do not be afraid to implement your most daring ideas, because it is these ideas that most often look the most original and beautiful.
If an ordinary snowman seems too simple for a New Year's decoration of the yard, then you can build a whole snow fortress that every child will be delighted with. Moreover, the larger your building will be, the more joy you will give to the future generation. During the design, you can focus on the appearance of real castles from the Middle Ages. That is, you can place small observation towers in the corners, and make a small passage in the center, which will personify the open gate. Also, do not be afraid to add additional decorative elements to the defensive structure. For example, you can decorate it with Christmas tinsel or add wooden elements to make the snow fortress look more like a medieval castle.
Well, if you are a real jack of all trades, you can use this to decorate your yardice sculptures that will literally leave your guests speechless with amazement. As a building material, the most common running water in a solid state is suitable. You can cut almost anything out of it! The variety of figures is limited only by the skill of the designer and his imagination. If you don’t know how to make ice figures, but you really want to get something like that, then you can invite a master of this business to your home, who will bring any of your whims to life for a monetary reward, and also give several recommendations in order to save such beauty intact for as long as possible.
Original backyard ideas
The photos from our article, given in the previous sections, should help you choose some original idea for decorating your site. However, in this section you will not find pictures, but here is a whole list of original ideas that will allow you to turn your garden plot into a work of art.
- Crafts of varying degrees of complexity. For those people who like to decorate their summer cottage with their own hands, we recommend making several crafts from improvised materials. For example, you can use empty plastic bottles to make a flower garden out of them or to protect a curb with a container. Also, from a large container, you can make original pots in the form of animals. For example, a five-liter bottle is ideal for creating a ruffle. It will only be necessary to paint it pink.
- Porcelain toys will look pretty nice on any garden plot,which can be purchased at almost any hardware store or in a supermarket with home goods. Gnomes, bunnies, ducks, bears - not a complete list of what may be in your flower bed. Rest assured, these figurines will give your flower garden a truly unique look.
- How about building a real maze of decorative bushes on your site? Of course, to implement such an idea, it will take a lot of free space and time to care for crops. However, if the financial side of the issue does not matter to you, then you can use this idea. A beautiful fountain can be placed in the center of the labyrinth, and benches can be placed in its back streets so that lost guests have somewhere to rest.
And these are far from all the ideas that the owner of a private house can implement in his backyard. Focus on your abilities and match them with your desires, and then you will be able to create something truly memorable.
Video and conclusion
We hope our article helped you find an idea for decorating a private courtyard. If the information provided was not enough for you, then we strongly recommend that you watch a short video in which you can also find 30 original ideas for decorating the yard for the New Year.
As you can see, there is nothing difficult in decorating the yard. If you treat this process with a creative approach, then you can easily turn the most daring ideas into reality. Feel free touse any of the above ideas in order to decorate your site. Or come up with something really new that can't be found anywhere else. Well, if you have your own ideas for decorating a garden plot, you can share them in the comments to help one of our readers.
