Many authors have already talked and written about the decorations of the suburban area; eminent landscape designers and homegrown flower growers offered their ideas. And for many ordinary people, the expression "a country-house fantasy created with their own hands" is not an empty phrase. People try to make garden crafts, sculptures, decorations with their own hands , but sometimes knowledge is sorely lacking. Let's collect the most creative tips and tricks in one article and together we will go to decorate our favorite site.
Country fantasy: do-it-yourself crafts for the garden
If you have gathered a lot of old car tires on the site - it's time to put them to work. From this nondescript material, excellent flowerbeds are obtained, and with proper skill, you can even create garden figures of all kinds of birds and animals: swan, hedgehog or donkey. In order for such crafts to please the eye for a long time, they should be coated with water-repellent paint in advance.
If everyone around you believes that you are a born sculptor, you have the opportunity to prove it. Magnificent figures are obtained both from traditional gypsum or cement, and from not quite familiar materials, for example, polyurethane foam or polystyrene.
Looks great on any site wooden country fantasy. With your own hands you can make beautiful compositions from logs, unusual twigs and flexible branches.
Original animal figures can be made from dry grass. They are made quite simply: sheaves of hay are tied in bundles in certain places.
Crafts from plastic bottles are no less popular than ceramic garden figures. Moreover, this material is abundant in any country house.
If you have accumulated a lot of old flower pots, do not rush to throw them away. You can also make excellent figures from them, for example, a scarecrow, with your own hands.
Your children will surely enjoy the magic stone castle built in a secluded corner of the garden. Putting stones should be done with cement, and you can paint the castle with the kids - they will really like this work!
Country fantasy: we decorate the site with our own hands
You can decorate the garden in many ways, one of which is lighting. Today you can buy many original and unusual flashlights, with which you can highlight garden paths or arrange them in the corners of the garden, beautiful sconces will look great at the entrance to the house. And the building itself can be decorated with a multi-colored garland, placing it around the perimeter.
Garden furniture looks very good as a decoration for the plot: wicker or wooden. However, it should be remembered that these items are short-lived and they require constant care.
An interesting idea is to make a hut in the garden of ... old garden tools. You need to pick up objects of equal height, fix them on top with wire and entwine with wild grapes or other climbing plants. Such a green hut will look great outdoors. For completeness, you can plant a hedge around the perimeter of the garden.
Do not forget about the colors, which can significantly enliven any area. You can plant them on any flower beds - they can be easily built from old dishes, shoes, chairs and even from a decrepit chandelier. However, if you decide to plant the whole garden with flower plants, do not forget that in this case you should always have water supply and sewage systems at hand.
With your own hands in the country, you can make a rock garden, and a decorative well, and much more. The main thing is that you have a desire to create a lot of ideas that you can’t wait to bring to life.