We decorate the dacha with our own hands (60 photos): flower beds from car tires, stone and old unnecessary things. Sculptures and homemade figurines
Every dacha owner once asks himself a problem: how to decorate his dacha plot so that it becomes special and cozy? After all, for every person, it is a true pleasure to arrange the islands of land that belong to him in an original way. A dacha is a whole separate world, a kind of kingdom in which we, having escaped from our tired apartments over the winter, give free rein to our imagination.
To create an original and special landscape, it is not at all necessary to invite designers and specialists, there is no need to buy expensive garden decorations, and even the most inconspicuous corners can be transformed using ordinary improvised means.
How to decorate a site with flowers?
In every home you can find unusable items that have not been used for a long time, but it’s a pity to throw them away. And you shouldn’t get rid of old things, because you can use them for decoration.
Most often, decorative flowers are used as decoration for a summer cottage. But growing them in flower beds is quite common and unoriginal. But using an old cabinet, bicycle, or chair as a flower garden will add a special zest, and a dacha, buried in flowers, will no longer look too banal and ordinary. So, in order...
Where can you grow flowers?
- You can plant petunias, violets or cornflowers in broken wooden chairs. To do this, you need to take out the insides of the seat, leaving only the frame, and insert a pot of soil into it. It must be large enough and suitable in size.
If you plant a climbing plant, over time it will cover the seat, back and legs of the chair.
You will get a wonderful green chair.
- The same idea can be used to decorate a garden bench.. And if the bench still looks quite decent, then you can not disassemble the seat, but simply place flower pots directly on it. Of course, you won’t be able to sit on such a bench, but it will serve the function of decoration perfectly.
- You can use an old chest of drawers or wardrobe as an unusual one.. The shelves will accommodate a large number of pots with bright violets. A huge disadvantage of wooden objects is that the effect of temperature changes, sunlight and precipitation makes such “flower beds” short-lived.
- Do you have a metal bed you don't need? Come on, get her out! Such a bed can replace an entire alley of flowers. The bed can be either placed on the ground or buried in it, making a wonderful fence.
- To grow flowers, you can also use any small objects, be it an old kettle or saucepan, watering can or barrel, garden wheelbarrows, jugs– these old objects can be either arranged in a free area or raised to a higher place (for example, on a stool).
- There are old shoes that you won't wear anymore? It turns out that you can grow flowers in it too! Take old men's shoes or children's boots. Such “pots” can be placed on the ground or hung on a fence (multi-colored rubber boots look best).
- A rare bicycle will also come in handy(of course, if there is free space). You can also plant them in baskets on the frame, trunk and handlebars.
- How to decorate a garden plot for bindweed or decorative beans without much effort? Make a trellis using gardening tools - place hoes, rakes, pitchforks or even shovels in the shape of a hut.
How to make a decorative flower bed from bottles?
Using whole glass wine bottles placed in a circle, you can build an original place for growing bright yellow coreopsis.
And to fence off areas of an ornamental garden, these glass containers are simply dug upside down into the ground.
For fencing you can take the following bottles:
- glass wine or beer;
- plastic one and a half or two liters (filled with sand for stability and durability).
Foam figurines for the garden
What else can be so original to decorate the free space in the country? You can make unique crafts that deserve attention yourself from polyurethane foam. Using polyurethane sealant, unusual animals can be easily created: snails, buns, hedgehogs. Then all the figurines are painted with appropriate paint - this will protect them from the sun and moisture.
Advice!
For large products, for example, a horse, it is necessary to prepare a frame constructed from plastic bottles and strong wire.
Without a doubt, such a craft will attract the attention of guests of any age.
Decorations made from willow twigs
Almost every summer resident has land divided into zones. In one place children play, there is a special corner for plants and greenery, and somewhere there are berries planted. Willow twigs will help decorate even country houses made from block containers, because self-built fences will add a touch of comfort and originality. Fresh vines are ideal for this.
Tools that we will need:
- hammer;
- nails.
The following instructions will help you make a decorative fence:
- Stick stakes into the ground at a small equal distance from one another, and thread willow twigs between them.
- After 2-3 rows, each twig is tapped from above with a hammer to reduce the distance between the rows.
- The ends of each twig are nailed to the stakes with small nails.
Original decoration of the most ordinary things
Every summer resident has necessary, but not very beautiful things that spoil the entire surrounding space with their appearance. They can also be turned into a real work of art.
How to decorate tin barrels?
The painted barrel looks incredibly beautiful. And even a person who doesn’t know how to draw well can build such a masterpiece.
The main trick will be to use different patterns, even such as beautiful branches and tree leaves:
- First you need to wash and dry the barrel.
- Next, trim any branches with different leaves that you like.
- Holding the branch with your hand, you should spray a little spray paint on it. It will leave an interesting imprint.
- Paint the entire surface of the barrel in a similar manner.
Attention!
You need to wear thick rubber gloves to prevent paint from getting on your hands.
The most interesting painting will turn out if you use several colors. This beauty dries in about 30 minutes, and pleases guests and owners for more than one season.
You can also paint anything you like and, if you wish, plant plants in the barrel.
How to put old car tires to good use?
- You can make a beautiful decoration for your summer cottage with your own hands, ultimately getting perfect crafts from tires. This is done in this way: beautiful swans, snails, crocodiles or turtles are cut out of unnecessary car tires. Maximum resemblance to the original is achieved by painting the figures in appropriate colors.
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Men's help in making such figures will not hurt.
- And if you feel that you can’t handle the cutting, then use the tires simply as flower beds. Whole products can also be painted with multi-colored paints.
The tools needed for this are quite simple: paint, a brush, solvent and rubber gloves.
Crafts from plastic bottles
With the advent of plastic bottles in the world, they began to be used not only as containers for water, but also as DIY decorations for summer cottages.
What can we make of them?
- The most common figures - bells and flowers - are quite simply made from one and a half or two liter bottles.
- To make a funny pig, you will need a five-liter bottle. Parts of the “eggplant” are cut out and folded, after which it needs to be painted light pink. If you have a good imagination and other colors, you can turn a homemade pig into a real fashionista, for example, black and white.
- You can make an almost real palm tree from brown and green bottles. No special skills are required to assemble it. “Plant” a palm tree near a flower bed or pool and get an exotic corner.
Artificial reservoirs
You can decorate your summer cottage with an original decorative pond with a fountain and water lilies. You need to take a plastic pallet and decorate it around with spring-summer flowers or a lawn. A unique solution for a pond is the use of an unnecessary baby bath.
Decorative figurines and lamps will perfectly complement and illuminate the relaxation area in the evening. But, if you have interruptions in the supply of electricity at your dacha, then renting a diesel generator for your dacha can be a solution to this problem.
Conclusion
If you compare homemade things with those bought in stores, then the price of the first ones, made with soul and imagination, is tens of times less, and they look more bright and unusual. Now you know how to turn your dacha into a piece of paradise using available tools, and you can get to work. And in the video presented in this article you will find additional design secrets.
DIY garden ideas
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Is there a better place on earth than your own fragrant garden? For us, summer residents, definitely not. And if it also differs from the neighbor’s in some original things, interesting ideas and homemade products, then photographs of such garden creativity will certainly end up on the Internet.
In groups of gardeners and flower lovers on various social networks, you can see photos of ideas for a summer house, implemented with your own hands, from improvised means - ceramic dishes, cart wheels, old furniture and kitchen utensils are used. Flowerbed baskets are woven from willow twigs, and funny garden figurines meet at a decorative well and carry on their leisurely conversation:
Perhaps some of the proposed ideas will appeal to readers and will be used in the design of their own site.
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DIY garden furniture
12:586Many summer residents prefer to make garden furniture with their own hands. As a rule, these are wooden benches, tables and chairs.
There is now a wide variety of plastic furniture on sale, which also has a lot of advantages, but it is wooden homemade furniture that harmoniously fits into the design of Russian gardens.
In the design of benches (both with and without backrests), parts made from rounded logs, replacing legs, look organic. These logs are fastened with 200 mm nails, the bench is stable, and at the same time it can be easily moved to another place in the garden.
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Having imagined a little, resourceful summer residents used tulle as a stencil for decorating garden furniture. In this case, the stencil is obtained in reverse: the pattern that needs to be obtained remains closed, and the rest is painted over using a sprayer. The tulle is immediately removed before it dries. As you understand, the wood must first be painted in the color you want the design to be.
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Using the decoupage technique, floral motifs cut out and pasted onto country furniture look like painting. The drawings are glued to PVA and coated with several layers of varnish.
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Garden furniture made from deliberately rough-hewn wood is popular; such benches bring a rustic flavor to the garden.
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Or you can even use logs as a table and stools:
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If you have children, build a horse bench for them, and if you want to get a healing effect from your country furniture, put together a chair from aspen. Aspen is known to suppress bad energy.
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With creativity and skill, it is quite possible, as you can see, to make garden furniture yourself. And for a country house, order kitchens from manufacturers with built-in equipment and modern design.
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Possibilities of willow twigs
23:63To create unique and attractive corners in your garden, you don’t have to spend a lot of money. There are many simple methods that do not require material costs.
To create garden decorations with your own hands, you can successfully use willow branches - they can easily be used to build a fence, a flower bed or a support for climbing plants.
My neighbor successfully uses this simple Russian element of garden decor at her summer cottage.
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Tyn - wicker fence
24:1461A wattle fence made of willow twigs can divide your site into zones: a playground, a vegetable garden, a recreation area. With its help, you can unobtrusively isolate yourself from your neighbors in the country. This fence looks quite colorful, but you need to take into account the style of buildings on your site and the general style of the garden. If your garden is decorated in a rustic style, the wattle fence will be very useful.
24:2103 24:9 24:13 24:23Willow vines are harvested in the spring; it is advisable to choose annual twigs, which will need to be soaked before weaving. The more bends there are during the work, the thinner the rods should be.
Along the perimeter of the future masterpiece, even pegs with sharpened ends are driven at equal distances. Then willow twigs are threaded through different sides of the stakes - this creates a horizontal wattle fence. You can also create a vertical wattle fence, which can turn into a hedge, since willow branches, when constantly moistened, have a greater ability to take root.
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A low fence looks nice as a frame for a flowerbed: it can be of any shape, or it can even be a basket-flowerbed.
The potential of willow twigs does not end there: any wicker structures, benches, armchairs, and funny figures can be created from the wicker.
Unfortunately, wicker garden accessories made from twigs are not durable. But hand-made decorations make the dacha area special and original, as in these photographs of a wicker fence:
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Boats: new ideas for the garden
33:72A garden is not only fragrant flowers, a neatly trimmed lawn, a relaxation area with a gazebo and a barbecue area.
Trying to make the appearance of the garden unique, designers come up with new ideas that become not only a source of pride for the owner of the site, but also a local landmark.
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One of these original things for the garden can be boats - both old and made specifically for decorating the garden. Lightweight dummies of boats are good because they can be moved to any corner of the garden without any extra effort.
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A boat, a symbol of travel, will bring a spirit of romance and adventure to the garden. Sailing across the green sea of lawn and carrying a variety of annuals, the boat will help you create your own, signature garden.
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Regardless of the size of the dacha plot, it needs to be decorated and it is not necessary to use the expensive services of landscape designers. You can simply decorate the area with your own hands. And improvised materials that are available at every summer cottage are suitable for this. Thus, guests and neighbors will definitely appreciate what you have done for yourself.
Gabion flower garden, photo Plastic bottles have recently caused concern among local environmentalists around the world. Plastic simply ruins the environment. But it can be used usefully if you make various crafts at your dacha.
So, the most common option is decorations for a summer cottage. Next - fencing flower beds, beds, paths. By showing even more imagination, you can make the most beautiful crafts of animals and birds.
Decorating your summer cottage with natural materials
Natural materials include tree branches from which you can make a beautiful whip. In addition, they make their own supports for plants, trees, and arches. Most often, the whip is used for fencing, as well as for separating various zones on the site.
Willow branches are used for weaving, which have excellent rigidity and strength.
Collect branches near the water. Shoots are harvested in the fall. First you need to remove the skin from the branches and then leave to dry. But as practice shows, the fence does not last more than five years. Therefore, it would be appropriate to make the base in the form of a foundation so that dampness from the ground does not spoil the product. This way he will be able to extend the operational period by a couple of years.
It’s very good when there is a small pond on your summer cottage. It is not necessary to build a whole pond. You can use a large, deep bowl that is filled with water, gravel and plants.
So, detailed instructions for making a reservoir are described in the article:
How to decorate a dacha: photos of ponds There are no limits to imagination. You can do whatever you want. The main thing is time and desire. And the result depends on the efforts made.
Today, a dacha is not just a garden with a house. Nowadays, the dacha is becoming a place for summer holidays. And any vacation implies a beautiful and cozy environment, so that everything around us pleases our eyes.
Therefore, in recent years, the fashion for creative design of one’s summer cottage has been gaining more and more momentum. Moreover, decorating flower beds is not the only possible direction for improving your dacha. There are a huge number of photos with ideas for giving. But the M.Art company offers only modern types of landscaping using the latest technologies.
You can and should decorate the territory of your dacha using available materials: old things, unused furniture, parts from cars, and the like.
Thus, you will not only get rid of trash and decorate your dacha, but also get pleasure and satisfaction from the work done.
We will tell you in detail below about the best ideas for a DIY garden.
Craft ideas
When decorating a site using available materials, your main assistant should be your imagination. For example, plastic bottles can become both original flower beds and guiding paths.
In addition, it is easy to create animals and birds from bottles and decorate your territory with them. Ordinary stones are also a good material for decoration. They are often used to frame your own pond.
Car tires have long been the best flower beds, but now they have learned to make swans and other animals from them.
Ideas for children's play areas
A dacha is a family place, and if so, it is necessary to provide recreation not only for adults, but also for children. The best thing for children is their own play area.
If you have large trees growing on your site, they are well suited for creating a swing. Creating sandboxes, treehouses and slides: here is a partial list of interesting ideas for a garden in a children's play area.
Original fence
If a person is first judged by his clothes, then dachas are judged by his fence. And the more unusual the idea of decorating a fence, the greater the impression will be made on the guests.
You don't need anything fancy to give your fence its own personality: just paint and imagination.
By cutting out stencils of pictures and then transferring them to the fence, you can achieve impressive results. Any picture made to scale can be a stencil; it’s just a matter of your taste and patience in coloring.
A flowerbed is the best decoration for a garden
One of the oldest, but never out of fashion, country decor solutions are flower beds. An original flowerbed contains not only an unusual container (be it a tire, a cart wheel, a jug or a homemade container of a non-standard shape), but also the flowers that grow on it.
Therefore, it is necessary that the color of the flowerbed be one composition with the planted flowers.
In addition, the flowers themselves show how they are cared for and serve as an indicator of the diligence of the summer resident and his love for his garden.
An original idea for a summer cottage is stuffed animals. Very few summer residents use them due to the stereotype of their use as scarecrows. However, if you use original decor in creating a scarecrow and do not limit yourself to the standard figure of a scarecrow, you will get a very unusual and eye-catching country decoration.
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Decoration of a vacation spot
In the summer, when you come to your dacha, you don’t want to hunch over in the garden, but relax in the fresh air. Therefore, the more comfortable and beautiful you decorate a place for relaxation on the site, the more pleasant it will be to be there.
You can place a lot of things in the recreation area, for example, your own pond. It’s not difficult to make, just dig a hole the size of it, cover it with material that does not allow water to pass through (polyethylene will do), and decorate it beautifully with stones on the sides, then fill it with water - the pond is ready!
Also now they often set up barbecue areas and gazebos at their dachas, and you can hang a hammock from a tree. Garden tiles for transitions greatly change the impression of ordinary walks around the site.
Some people prefer active recreation. For them, the installation of sports equipment at the dacha will be very much to their liking - you can install a horizontal bar, parallel bars and rings - we will get a mini-gym in the fresh air.
How to decorate your site is up to you. With a lot of imagination and due perseverance, a summer cottage plot is quite capable of even becoming John Tolkien’s “hobby hole”! Or another fabulous corner, good luck!
Photos of ideas for a do-it-yourself garden
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