To have a beautiful courtyard, unusual, not like the others is the dream of many owners of houses, summer cottages, cottages. But in addition to desire and even financial capabilities, this requires certain design abilities. Especially if we decorate the yard with our own hands.
Fence and gate - the face of the yard
The first attributes that the home and the guests meet are the fence and the gate. They are the main ones in creating an impression of the entire housing as a whole. Today on sale there are many options for fences: metal, stone, wood. Each species is good in its own way. But if we decorate the yard with our own hands with the desire to create a design that is closest to nature, the best option, more environmentally friendly, will be a fence and a gate made of wood. Their disadvantage is that such structures are less practical than metal or stone fences, because the tree is subject to decay under the influence of weather conditions. Therefore, if we decorate the yard with our own hands with a wooden fence, there is a need to cover it with a protective layer. Designers advise using used engine oil for this. The wood impregnated with this substance retains its natural beauty, acquires brightness and luster, in addition, processing protects the tree from moisture.
Original do-it-yourself yard
Photos of the most beautiful, original personal plots are repeatedly presented by their owners at special competitions. In addition to interesting solutions for playgrounds, artificial ponds, tea corners, flower beds, arbors and other design elements, sculptures made of artificial materials or “living figures”, the so-called topiary version, can be used. If we decorate the yard with our own hands, art trimming of bushes and tree crowns will make it possible to create a luxurious individual image of our site. Someone will give preference to fairy-tale characters or mystical images, while someone will more like real animal figures. The main thing in topiary is regular thorough care of plants: pruning, as well as cleaning dead branches. The cleanliness and grooming of the yard is one of the most important points for every owner who cares about how his plot looks.
Paths and paths - so that the legs rejoice
No matter how beautiful the courtyard may be, it will lose all its charm if you have to make your way around the site along groomed, dirty and uncomfortable paths. Therefore, if you decide to decorate the yard with your own hands in the highest order, you should definitely think carefully about where the paths and platforms will be laid on the site, what material they will be made of, how they are fenced. Well, if the design solution of the paths will be combined with the general style of the yard, given the location on the site of trees and various objects. Very often, tiles made of natural stone or artificial, asphalt are used to design these objects. In some cases, designers choose materials such as wood flooring, sand, gravel, expanded clay. The line of fencing of various sections - rest corners, paths, flower beds, areas under the trees - is laid out with even bricks, a plastic "fence" of geometric shape, and natural stone of the most bizarre shape.