Recreation area on a summer cottage: DIY creation

Paths in the country: functionality and main purpose

When thinking about how to decorate your yard with your own hands, you need to remember the paths. A set of paths connects the functional parts of the yard, making it possible to quickly get to the designated place. The trails protect from dirt, make it convenient for agricultural work, and are a good place for walking. The width, laying technology and material for the paths depend on their functional purpose.

The path from the gate to the porch of the house is called the front path. It can be made of decorative material. Paving slabs and natural stone are often chosen. A durable and wear-resistant coating material is used for the connection between the building and outbuildings. The surface of these paths should be smooth, non-slip and comfortable in rainy or snowy weather. Walking paths are created from lighter materials: herbaceous plants and mosaic slabs; Any form of path is welcome here.

Important little things and accessories

It's no secret that it's the little things that can create coziness on a site. Here you need to use your imagination to the maximum. You can install ringing bells everywhere, which will remind you of yourself every time the wind blows. Cute figures of animals or bird feeders will create a beautiful design for the entire area. Decorative lanterns powered by a solar battery will not only illuminate the garden, but also make the atmosphere more cozy. Don’t forget about plants, which decorate absolutely any place.

For maximum comfort, you can hang a hammock, which many people keep in their summer cottages, but have not been used for a long time.

It is better to place the site closer to the house so that you can take everything you need from it. And the recreation area should be free of unnecessary items.

When creating an ideal place for recreation and leisure, you should use your imagination as much as possible, plan everything exactly, find a place and start implementing it. A do-it-yourself relaxation area at the dacha is an excellent place for a pleasant pastime.

Courtyard lighting

Proper lighting of the area helps residents well at night. The walls of the building, the entrance to it and all the paths in the yard are equipped with light. Bright lamps are suitable for the front path and the entrance to the cottage; for other paths, lanterns with dim light should be used.

If the lamps are not tall, then you can place them closer and more often.

Staircase lighting is the key to comfortable movement at night.

Steps and paving stones

Arranging the yard of a private house begins with the entrance. Paving stones are a very convenient and “flexible” building material, suitable not only for paths to the garden, but also for the steps of the dacha porch. In order for the steps to last a long time, special attention is required during their creation. And this is not in vain, because it is the steps that are very vulnerable to destruction. The base for the steps must be made of concrete; paving stones of certain sizes are used to pave the steps. The distance between the steps should be such that it is convenient to move along them.

Horizontal fencing

To get a monolithic fence around the house that is inaccessible to prying eyes, you can use a horizontal fence. The basis for the fence is a strip foundation and support pillars made of a profile pipe of the required diameter are used.

Also used for fencing is the classic version - made of wood. Wood is easy to work with, it is an inexpensive and environmentally friendly material. A more durable and wear-resistant fence is a brick fence. Brick is resistant to moisture and fire, which makes its cost higher.

Metal parts

Interior items, arches, metal crafts are unique decorative elements. To create metal jewelry, just find old unwanted parts or metal sheets.

The advantages of artistic products created with one’s own hands are that they are durable and attractive for the site.

Herbal inserts

An unusual combination of familiar nature with the use of a fairly new material - paving stones. Grass is planted in the gaps of the garden path, giving the ordinary paving stones a new and fresh look.

It is advisable that the path be in the shade, preventing the grass from drying in the sun.

Cinder blocks for the garden

Products made from cinder blocks do not require long searches in the store in order to choose something beautiful from a variety.

Such raw materials are practical and convenient to use. By painting cinder blocks in the desired color, they become an excellent stand for flowers, and are also used to create furniture with your own hands.

In order not to spend money on an expensive barbecue, a comfortable fire pit is built from cinder blocks, so that ashes and sparks from the fire will not scatter throughout the area.

Large pots

Large containers can be used as flower pots. The location of such pots can be any. It’s very nice when there are pots of flowers on both sides of the door to the building, but if the pots are larger than usual, then the appearance of the whole house is immediately transformed.

Flowers in a large pot attract the attention of guests, especially if they are placed in the center of the site. Installing a pot-vessel in the middle of a summer cottage will significantly refresh the appearance of ordinary beds.

Stone and succulents

Stones of different sizes are placed near the large pots. An unusual solution is to paint stones with your favorite animals, sometimes giving the summer cottage a forest look. Large stones are often used as furniture, and small stones can be used to decorate garden paths.

Succulents have different colors, which allows you to create entire plant pictures on the site. They do not require constant care because they store moisture well.

Succulents grow well on vertical surfaces; you can decorate screens and fences of the area.

wall garden

The wall garden is a fairly simple design created using cobblestones and vegetation. Granite retaining walls provide the foundation for the wall, and fertile soil is placed in the crevices between the stones. Roses, maiden grapes and ivy will grow well in such a garden. Any wall of a structure is suitable as a base for a garden, but careful care of the plants is required.

Clusters of color

A beautiful yard of a private home can be achieved with the correct use of flowers. Modernity and dynamics are achieved in the flower bed by using colors that were not previously combined: blue and yellow, white and black. To plant a flower bed of perennial plants, you need bright and tall flowers that do not lose their beauty and decorativeness over time.

Illuminated paths

When choosing lighting for a home area, it is necessary to determine which paths have a major role and which have a secondary role. The path leading to the house should have brighter lighting.

Street lights are suitable for wide paths, and low lamps for narrow paths. For secondary paths, small lamps that provide soft light and are not located too close to each other will suffice.

Combination of fence and benches

A bench in the garden is a necessary part of the decor. It should be durable, made of strong material and have enough free space in front to accommodate a small table or stroller. It is advisable that the bench be located in the shade, and behind its back there is a fence or tall plants. The color of the bench and shape should not be flashy, and should be combined with the appearance of the entire interior of the dacha.

Minimalist fencing

The cottage should be fenced with small plants. A fence made of low-growing thujas and flowers matches any interior of a summer cottage.

Combination of green and white

The combination of white and green gives the interior a feeling of coziness, comfort and safety.

The right combination of colors will visually enlarge a small room, and add a feeling of freedom and fresh air to a large one. The combination of a lot of greenery in the yard with white furniture is the key to a good and peaceful holiday.

Combination of stone and wood

Stone and wood are excellent materials for the interior of a cottage. Stone retains heat well and insulates sounds, and wood, a living material in nature, can breathe, has a surface that is warm for the skin and has a fresh smell. The combination of such materials in the country looks stylish and also resembles a forest area.

Terrace gardening

A garden on the terrace can be decorative or functional; flowers in large and small pots will look good here. Such an area requires good lighting, thorough ventilation and access to water. Gardening on a terrace is very attractive for hosts and guests, and is also a good place for relaxation and enjoyment.

Wooden and bamboo facade

The method of cladding a summer house with wood can be called decorative. Such a facade requires a lot of attention, since wood attracts insects and accumulates moisture. Proper design protects against biological influences. The bamboo facade is original with its weaves, creating a lively and interesting texture of the canvas. Facade cladding with bamboo requires sufficient moisture, careful care and is unusual in appearance.

4 Seasons Garden

Creating a continuously growing flower bed is the most difficult task for any gardener. Coniferous trees are planted to support the feeling of a cold winter, and summer roses, hydrangeas and petunias grow in the same place.

In autumn, bright flowers give way to fallen leaves of fruit trees and nature slowly prepares for the coming of winter. In spring, the first buds appear on the trees and fragrant, small lilacs bloom. The ability to create such a garden is the highest degree of skill of landscape designers.

Metal planter

Even the worst tin can becomes a place for flowers if you make a flowerpot with your own hands. A beautiful metal planter adds unusual beauty to the design of the site, but at the same time has a slight note of rigor and solidity. This piece of furniture is strong and durable, conducts heat well, allowing the flower to grow healthy and not lose its beauty over time.

Water and fire

A home pond is a good place to relax, and in combination with a decorative fire pit it becomes an interesting solution in the design of a summer cottage. To create a pond on your site, you need to prepare the most suitable place.

There should be no trees or plants nearby to avoid clogging the water; access to sunlight is necessary. The fireplace should be located at a distance from the house and trees. It is acceptable to make a fire pit with small barriers to prevent sparks and ashes from flying.

A hint of Japan

The landscape design of a small courtyard in Japan is not complete without water - the main element of Japanese culture, the second being stone. In Japan, it is believed that the highest creation is not man, but stone, so these elements are necessary for a garden similar to the Japanese one.

Hedges, fences and interior items should have a certain symbolism, since the garden in Japan is like a separate world, inaccessible to sadness, melancholy and worries.

Creative ideas for decorating the interior of your home with your own hands

Designers and hobbyists always have different home interior ideas in stock that are worth trying to implement with your own hands. Each room in the house has its own solution and some zest.

Hallway and corridor

We entered an apartment or house - and... So what? And we were amazed at how much the hallway conveys a homely mood. To come to your home with joy, you should take care of the appearance of the hallway.

We mercilessly remove unnecessary things that clutter up the space, but we select the decor in such a way that it does not interfere with movement along the corridor.

Creative solution: in a small apartment you can make a library out of the hallway by allocating part of the wall for it. A typewriter may not be useful in a hallway, but it will serve perfectly as an atmospheric item.

Those who live alone in an apartment should not be zealous and hang a large number of things on hangers. But a neat row of paintings wouldn't hurt.

Narrow corridors make their own adjustments to the decoration of the premises. A flower on the windowsill, if there is one, won’t hurt, but the shelf should be hung higher. Where you can not be afraid to take up useful space is on the ceiling: lamps can have any lampshade.

Let’s not forget about the important role of textiles in creating coziness in the hallway.

Living room and bedroom

In DIY home design, the specifics of the room play a role. The living room is the central place in the house - for receiving guests and gathering all household members. This place should express the general mood of the house, so the choice of decor should be careful and appealing to all family members.

Every thing plays its role. Mirror, lamps, fireplace, chandelier - everything is subject to the same style requirements.

Very often, just two pictures can describe the entire room without words.

A sea of pillows makes the room softer and more pleasant. Little things on the shelves catch the eye, but do not irritate it.

The bedroom of each family member is a separate chronicle of the history of this house. Every member of the household has the right to write their own story in design.

Modular paintings significantly change the visual perception of the room.

You can dedicate a corner in the bedroom to your workplace without skimping on little things that are pleasing to the eye.

The most ordinary bedroom can always be decorated with suitable curtains and paintings.

Wood is also used instead of wallpaper. But then the entire design should be based on the use of wood.

Children's room

In children, imagination should not be limited by anything. We take into account the character traits of the small owner of the room and begin to decorate the room. We paint the walls any way we like, make hanging structures, select creative furniture: let your childhood be bright!

What kid wouldn’t appreciate such unusual creativity?

Hanging toys are threads into the world of childhood.

Shelves in a nursery can also be not only comfortable, but also original.

Kitchen and bathroom

Although the kitchen is a work area, this is no reason not to decorate it with suitable decor. Taking into account the style of the room, we add various interesting and useful things into it: textiles, figurines, lamps, shelves and much more.

Chair covers to match the curtains complement the interior well.

Using Oracal film or ready-made stickers, a whole kitchen story is created on the walls.

You can decorate the refrigerator in any way.

Bathroom with candles? Certainly!

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A bathroom can be very original; you should not limit yourself to the desire to make it surprising and unusual.