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Cottage - this is the place where people go to relax from the bustle of the city and be alone with nature. And, of course, I want the site to be well-groomed and cozy, because after working in the garden it is so nice to relax and enjoy the beauty around.
These 20 ideas will help everyone create a paradise on their own piece of land. Editors a couple of them Bright Side already took note.
Basic tips for the design of suburban areas
If you are looking at different design options for a summer house and garden, and you like almost everything, then the following tips will help you decide.
The main principle of decorating a summer cottage is to match the style outside with the style inside the house. A loft-style house and a rustic wooden house require a completely different approach to decoration.
All areas on the site should be a single composition, be in the same style, then every day you will receive aesthetic pleasure from the environment.
Since the summer cottage is a place of rest, vacation, you do not need to take it too seriously when making out, a little humor will not hurt.
Here, the design rules do not have to be strictly followed. Everything that in the city may seem too bright can look quite organically in the country.
Also look for the non-standard use of familiar things: tires, old balls, pallets, bicycles - from all this you can make a beautiful decor of the site without big financial costs.
Garden decoration
The main decoration of any garden are of course the flowers. Flowers should be combined in color and size, flowers of neutral colors can be a great backdrop for brighter.
The landscape design of the summer cottage should be well thought out, the main issue is the selection of plants suitable for each other in color and biological characteristics.
Flower pots can be made from different materials and objects. For example, almost everyone in the country has an old bicycle. Having painted it in a bright color and screwing up beautiful drawers or baskets, you can get an original flower pot in a vintage style.
Also, a flower box can be made from large logs. To do this, it is necessary to remove the core using tools, then treat with an antiseptic, insert a suitable plastic planter in size and plant flowers.
The highlight of the design of any cottage will be old shoes as a cache-pot. Especially stylish look children's bright boots or old rough men's shoes.
Beautiful flower beds can be laid out from stones, from logs or from wooden saw cuts. The wicker-style flowerbed also looks interesting.
On the Internet you can find many original pots for giving from plastic or glass bottles, from bird cages, old barrels, buckets, old furniture and even from the piano.
When applying these ideas, try to make your site look modern.
Garden paths on the site
Of great importance for the overall composition is the appearance of the tracks on your site. Undoubtedly, beautiful paths give the site accuracy and well-groomed.
They can be laid out of flat stones, moisture-resistant bricks, pieces of porcelain stoneware or using special forms of cement. Original look tracks from wooden saw cuts.
The technology for creating tracks from different materials is approximately the same:
- First, with the help of ropes, you need to select the area where the path will resemble.
- Then dig a trench of the required depth, taking into account 5 cm of drainage and the material itself.
- Cover the bottom of the trench with sand.
- Stack the material.
- Fill the space between pieces of material with sand and cement and pour over water.
Also on the site you can build a decorative or real bridge, if you have a pond.
How to create a pond yourself
In large suburban areas, you can apply the idea of an artificial pond. Creating a pond is a laborious process. First you need to dig a pit, then provide waterproofing of the bottom and fill the pond.
It is good if it is located in a lowland where melt vodka and precipitation gather. In other cases, you will have to fill the water yourself several times during the season.
The shore of the pond can be decorated with hygrophilous plants, then they will not require frequent watering. You can also plant water lilies to decorate the surface of the pond.
Recreation area design
There may be several options, depending on the personal preferences of the owners of the site:
You can create a beautiful recreation area with your own hands by laying out a stone or brick barbecue area. In the middle, you can build a fire from any refractory materials.
Around you need to arrange wooden chairs, from can be made from pallets. Textile pillows will add comfort to the relaxation area.
Another option is a gazebo with a roof, possibly with a kitchen area. In the gazebo you need a soft sofa zone. Sofas can be made from the same pallets or the remains of building materials. You can see the options for such furniture below.
For lovers of sleeping in the fresh air, the option with a hammock hanging between the trees in the shade is suitable. Do not forget to put a small table nearby, so that you can put a book or phone there, put a cup of tea.
You can also make large adult swings in this area. They can be made from pallets or other lumber residues.
You can also use large car tires. It is only necessary to take care of safety by suspending these structures on strong chains.
Design a play area for children
If your family has children, then they need to equip a convenient and safe area for games.
First of all, all children love to play in the sand. The sandbox should be with seats, in some cases the seats can be turned into a lid in the evening, which is very functional.
It is also advisable to install an umbrella to protect against scorching rays. An unnecessary tire can be used as a mini-sandbox, which can be painted in different colors.
What a child did not dream of a treehouse. Something similar can be done in the form of a slide with a house from the remains of building materials and covered with a roof like a master's house.
By the way, the slope of the hill can be covered with polycarbonate residues, this material is more slippery than wood and does not heat up as much as metal, for example.
Below you can see more photos of ideas for a summer cottage and remember that each person can create a beautiful design for their land.
We select original ideas for giving
Each owner of the cottage, if desired, can find a lot of different ideas for the design of their site. For the manufacture of most of the scenery will be enough only improvised tools and minimal costs. And old, unnecessary furniture and home decoration will inspire creativity even more. Often, seemingly completely useless and forgotten things can come in handy. Country designers use in their work everything that comes to hand: old broken furniture, unnecessary toys, various bottles and utensils, car tires, remaining building materials and much more.
At no cottage, the design is complete without intricate interesting flower beds. Uniqueness of flower arrangements can be added by planting them in old containers. It can be barrels, and pans, and even carts. Many summer residents build various fences for flower beds.
Coziness will always add original tracks on a summer cottage. They are made of timber or stone. And the remnants of materials can always be allowed to build another composition.
Particularly popular with summer designers are bottles, plastic jars. From them it is easy and simple to build many interesting sculptures, jewelry for flower beds, borders. There are no boundaries for fantasy.
Be sure to place a bird feeder in the country. Children usually like to watch birds. And with a feeding trough, the birds will be a frequent guest at their summer cottage. It can be made from a plastic bottle, and from an unnecessary block, and from rods.
Without much work, you can make a variety of figures that will bring coziness and personality to the country atmosphere. For their manufacture, you can use a variety of design solutions and materials. For example, polymer clay, the remains of polyurethane foam, gypsum and other building materials. One has only to start creative work and immediately it becomes clear that there is nothing impossible.
Handicrafts
The most popular among improvised materials for crafts are bottles, various plastic jars and boxes. Before starting work, it is necessary to think over the details so that the result is really beautiful, and does not resemble a bunch of plastic waste.
Plastic bottles are easy to cut, they are easy to give the desired shape. And if you cover the result of the work with suitable paints, you get bright, unique decorations for the cottage. For example, you can make figures of animals (pigs, cows, bees) or fairy-tale characters. By making such decorations, you can reveal your creative potential, and each time the crafts will be more perfect. With a large amount of unnecessary plastic, not only crafts are made from it, but also pieces of furniture.
If there is a glass cutter among the tools, then you can make original pots from glass bottles. Such crafts look very stylish and easily fit into any design. In the same way, candle stands can also be made.
Bottle caps can also be useful for decorating furniture, decorative fences, creating compositions and even curtains. You can also use containers of chocolate egg toys.
The remains of natural stone are perfect for decorating a pond in the country. A small pond will bring unique cosiness to the atmosphere of the cottage. Around will look good flower beds, crafts or a recreation area. If the pond is large enough, then it can be decorated with an interesting bridge.
Every motorist will always have old tires. You can simply paint them and make them a bright base for a flower bed, or you can show imagination and cut out various shapes.
Arrangement of a game zone in the country
When doing landscaping and decorating a summer cottage, do not forget about children. They need their own territory for games and entertainment. Children of any age like a swing. They can be made from ordinary boards and ropes or use metal chains and old tires painted in bright colors. From improvised materials it’s easy to build slides, rocking swings. The main thing is that everything is strong and reliable.
For kids, you definitely need a sandbox. Her curbs will look interesting from multi-colored bottles or wooden log cabins. The sandbox in the form of a ship or a car will look original. It is recommended to make an awning above the sand to protect from the bright sun.
Children will certainly enjoy the presence of their own playhouse in the summer cottage. Inside, benches, a table or other furniture can be placed. It all depends on the imagination. The house can be decorated with a bright flowerbed or home-made decorations. Usually the guys themselves take part in decorating their territory with pleasure.
Ideas for designing a fence in the country
In the best way emphasizes the uniqueness of the suburban area of his fence. The fence is not only protection of the territory, but also the so-called visiting card of the owners.
A simple wooden or iron fence is commonplace. It must be decorated. You can decorate the fence with a variety of materials: flower pots, crafts in the form of animals, painted landscapes and all that is enough for imagination. For example, unnecessary rubber boots of bright color will originally look like pots.
You can decorate the fence with old discs. They reflect sunlight and look interesting in any light. Various patterns can also be applied to discs.
The fence made of wood rounds painted “under colored pencils” looks spectacular. Such a fence can also fence off children's territory in the country.
Any fence will look more comfortable if any curly plants grow on it. There are various species that grow very quickly. For example, decorative beans or morning glory. You can plant vines. They grow much more slowly, but also look more expensive. Beyond any comparison, in this case, wild grapes. Grape leaves gradually change their color and retain their beauty until the frost. It looks original when the "grape fence" goes into the canopy. This design gives the fence an old look.
Beautiful scenery of a low fence will be flowering shrubs planted along it. You can combine plants with different colors and flowering times.
In the evening, different flashlights on the fence look beautiful. They, too, can really be made independently from improvised materials. Or you can just put candles in painted glass jars attached to the railing. The main thing is that the flame does not fall on the fence.
A lot of scope for imagination will open for lovers to draw. You can draw anything on the surface of the fence: nature, plots, cartoon characters, ornament, small patterns in the form of flowers, butterflies, ladybugs. It is easy to draw on any fence, but easier on the fence from corrugated board.
Original composition looks from lids, shells, stones, dishes. It’s easy to make plastic flowers from the bottoms of bottles and paint them in rich colors - they will look beautiful on a wooden fence.
Making the site unique - ideas for interesting crafts
All summer residents are able to pick up original ideas for decorating the site. Most often, for this it is enough to use the things and means available at hand, and make a little effort and material costs. There is outdated furniture and other unnecessary items that should be approached creatively.
It will be useful to recall long-abandoned things in the form of unnecessary furniture, old toys, empty containers, worn-out machine tires, the remains of building materials, etc. Country crafts from such things are the most interesting and best decorate the site!
Registration of a summer cottage is impossible without beautiful flower beds. You can diversify your floral arrangements by adding old containers: barrels, pots, carts. The construction of the original picket fences around the flower beds will make them intricate and interesting.
If you add skillfully thought-out paths made of timber or stone to your flower bed decoration, this will add originality.
Many masters of cottage design use plastic containers for the construction of sculptures, accessories for flower beds, borders. Fantasy in this area is limitless.
Before you begin, you need to think carefully about the idea to get the desired result. Plastic is easy to cut, giving it a conceived shape. It is suitable for making figures from fairy tales. It will turn out especially spectacularly if you paint them with bright colors.
A bird feeder in a summer cottage interior will be not only a beautiful item, but also useful. Children will have an object for observation, and birds will have a permanent dining room. For her there is improvised material.
Making labor from polymer clay, polyurethane foam, plaster of various figures that can create coziness and originality in the country will not require much work. It’s enough to wake a fantasy, and design decisions will come by themselves.
The glass cutter at hand will help you work with glass bottles. They make interesting pots or coasters for candles.
Bottle caps, plastic packaging of chocolate eggs are suitable for creating unusual compositions.
It would be nice to arrange a small pond in the country, surrounding it with flower beds, sculptures, crafts. In the form of scenery, you can complement it with an elegant bridge.
Waste car tires after painting will become a platform for flower beds or material for cutting figures.
Playground arrangement
Children can be allocated not only the territory for the game, but also to equip the playing area with comfort. All children will enjoy the swing. Simple planks and ropes are enough for them. Metal chains and the same painted tires will do. The remains of building materials will become a slide, old furniture will turn into rocking chairs.
Kids love to play in the sandbox. They will be pleased with multi-colored borders constructed from bottles or wooden scraps. You can give the sandbox an interesting shape and protect it from sunlight. One of the options with a slide is presented in the photo below.
Another creative summer house idea is a wooden house. If the guys get at their disposal a small house, especially furnished, there will be no end to the delight. They themselves fantasize over his decoration.
Decorations of flower beds and flower beds
When breaking flower beds, you should consider the selection of flowers. On each of them you need to identify 3-4 main types of plants, this idea will allow you to colorize the flowerbed, giving it an interesting look.
Adding decorative herbs and plants with beautiful leaves will decorate the flower bed not only in combination with flowers, but also in the absence of flowering. It is important to know the measure and not to plant flower beds with too many types of flowers.
The right choice of colors will not be enough. Flower beds and flower beds need to be decorated. Old tires, beehives, a cart, a wheelbarrow, even a car body will come in handy. It is important to consider their placement and do everything harmoniously. Cut figures of bees, butterflies, stuffed animals will also fit in.
The enclosure of flower beds with low fences made in the author's version will only give originality to the summer cottage.
How to make a fence in the country?
The idea to enclose your site not just with a fence, but to come up with an individual business card, as it were, will help to avoid commonplace in the form of ordinary wooden or iron fencing. If no other option is obtained, you can even apply imagination to them.
Decor items to create an interesting and unique design can be attached flower pots, catchy crafts, decorated decorations on the surface of the fence.
Creative imagination will come up with how to use old rubber boots, wheels to give the fence an effect.
Curling plants along the fence will also create their own charm. You can buy ornamental plants with fast growth periods. If you plant creepers slowly growing in height, you will not have to feel sorry either - they look more colorful. And the best choice would be wild grapes.
The ability of the leaves to change color allows it to remain beautiful until the winter cold. It’s a good idea to transfer the grapes from the fence to the green canopy. Fans of old times will love it.
A country fence of not very high height can be decorated with a variety of shrubs with beautiful flowers. It is advisable to pick them up so that there is a variegation of colors over time.
And in the dark, any fence will revive the lights. The ideas at hand will suggest their implementation from painted glass jars with candles inside or something like that.
Arrangement of the "relaxation" zone
Adults also want to have a cozy place in their summer cottage to enjoy the fresh air about the full. So, you need to think about the arrangement of the recreation area. The choice of elements for her will be prompted by the tastes of the owners.
You can choose from the following options:
Shady area with a table and chairs.
Arbor designed from surplus building materials. Hidden in the shade of trees or climbing plants, brightly colored, equipped with soft pillows on the benches, it will allow you to forget about the hustle and bustle of city life.
Brazier, most likely, will be required. The easiest way is to make a brazier with four walls and a bottom. Connect them by inserting the ends into the cuts made by the grinder, without using bolts and nuts. Such a collapsible barbecue made of metal is very easy to assemble and disassemble.
A swing or a hammock will allow adults to relax and even take a nap, this summer residence idea is simply a must for every site in the summer. It is better for them to make wider swings than in children. The hammock can be hung from trees.
It’s not difficult to arrange a pond on your own. Draw a contour according to the chosen shape, dig a foundation pit along it, cover it with sand 10 cm, fill the pond with water. It remains only to decorate the area around it at will.
When designing a summer cottage, follow the proverb “Eyes are afraid, but hands do!” Feel free to trust your imagination. Everyone will like to turn creative ideas into reality with their own hands.
Photo selection of new ideas for giving
Question answer
It is very easy to draw on the corrugated board fence. If you are confused by its color, select patterns, plots, ornaments that can be painted in combination with the background of the fence. It is permissible to make large drawings of cartoon characters, landscapes, still lifes.
For a reservoir just location in a garden shadow is undesirable. Water will begin to bloom, become dirty, become covered with a film. Try to arrange an artificial pond in an open place, and plant low ornamental plants around. To refine the territory along the edges of the reservoir suitable stones, flagstone and others henchmen materials.
Given the assortment of flower shops, one can hardly surprise anyone with an exhibition of purchased flowers. And to overload flower beds or flower beds with many plants is not worth it. Everything should always be in moderation so that it pleases the eye. May surprise your own ideas embodied in the suburban area.
We make flower beds and flower beds
Transform a summer cottage and bring color to its atmosphere will help flower beds. When choosing plants, be sure to consider their individual characteristics. First of all, it is worth determining the colors of the "soloists", that is, the main plants in the flowerbed. The choice can be stopped in three or four types.
The decoration of flowers with decorative herbs and leaves of an interesting shape looks beautiful. With them, the flower bed will be original, even when the flowers do not bloom. But do not try to place a lot of different plants in the country. The site should look holistic and harmonious.
Of course, it’s not enough just to plant flowers beautifully. The flowerbeds also look more original and decorated around. The composition must be finished.
Flower beds can be decorated using any unnecessary items. The article has already said that it is not difficult to make small flower beds from old tires painted in bright colors. You can use a car, a cart, an unnecessary hive, or even an old car. The main thing is that everything should be done neatly and aesthetically. Optionally, you can add decorations to the flower garden in the form of homemade bees, butterflies, interesting stuffed animals.
Around the flowerbed you can make a small fence. For its manufacture, it is possible to use plastic bottles or cups, fences made of tyne, stones. A flowerbed looks beautifully flowing into the lawn.
Set up a relaxation area
In the country, a comfortable place to relax in the fresh air must necessarily be equipped. This issue needs to be approached very responsibly. It all depends on the preferences and desires of the owners. It can be just a laid out platform with a table and comfortable chairs or hammocks placed in the shade.
On any suburban area, the arbor will look spectacular, which can be made from the remaining building materials. The arbors, the walls of which are decorated with climbing plants, look beautiful. As decorations, bright soft pillows or rugs look cozy.
A swing can be not only for children, but also for adults. It will not be difficult to build wide wooden swings for relaxation or make mounted somewhere in the shade of trees. For convenience, they can be decorated with soft pillows.
In the recreation area you will definitely need a barbecue. It can be made, for example, from an old barrel. For evening and night time, you can provide flashlights.
When designing and decorating a summer cottage, it is worth remembering that a summer cottage is a place of relaxation from urban everyday life and fuss. It should be comfortable and calm, and the environment should be pleasing to the eye. It is important not to overload the territory with crafts or some design decisions, everything should be in moderation. Fantasy, create, surprise!
