DIY cottage design: bring a fairy tale to life. What can be done to decorate the country house and the adjacent area so that passers-by turn their necks, and incoming guests instantly get the idea to buy a hacienda and organize on it the same corner of paradise relaxation, peace and quiet, as you have? Doing the design of the cottage with your own hands means telling your life story with natural materials, implementing a project with a bright personality, stained with amazing impressions, favorite stories and a joyful attitude to country life.
First you need to decide what exactly is required: decorating the interior of a country house or interesting design of the entire site? It is necessary to highlight the decor elements that are characteristic of the internal and external spaces, and then decide which ones can be made with your own hands.
If the home decoration cannot be too large, mainly textile decoration, wall decor and small accessories that are accents of the premises, then the decor of a summer cottage can be divided into large, medium in size and very small - the highlight of any corner the garden.
Large forms of decor
Medium
Small
Garden buildings
Garden design
Creation of green areas, alleys
Walkways, driveways
MAFs (arbors, pergolas)
garden furniture
Flower beds
Barrels, containers
Alpine hills, rockeries
Fountains
Use of household items as pots for flowering plants
Feeding troughs, birdhouses, houses for beneficial insects
Decorating the entire site is based on its features (form, division into zones, elevation, prevailing verticals, existing groups of green spaces), taking into account the view from the window of the central room or your favorite room in the house, based on your own hobbies and financial capabilities.
The advice of more experienced craftsmen, books and master classes will come to the aid of a beginner home-made product, and “advanced” decorators should use the results of their hobby to decorate the surrounding space with improvised materials, and can learn something new from knowledgeable people.
Wooden plot decor
To decorate the cottage, all parts of the tree are suitable, starting with its branches and ending with stumps with the remains of the roots. In different versions, wood materials are subjected to various processing: soaked, sawn, sanded, sanded, spread on boards, covered with stain, hollowed out.
Wicker decor. In its manufacture, specially prepared willow vines or cut branches of small diameter deciduous trees that are similar in length are used. The main indicator of the material used is flexibility. By weaving create:
fences, doors in the garden of the site;
framing high beds;
baskets and boxes, as a storage place for garden supplies;
volumetric containers for planting lushly flowering flyers;
garden sculptures;
balls of different diameters, as an element of decor in strict minimalist gardens, replacing stone ones.
Tip. When creating beds and containers, lay out the inside of the object with geotextiles or thick cardboard so that the earth does not spill out in the gap.
Decoration using natural forms. In this option, the skinned parts of logs with a butt and thick roots are used for the manufacture of garden benches, bird feeders, the foundations of children's houses in the style of Russian folk tales and the design of playgrounds.
To create a flower girl, the inner part of the stump is removed, leaving a few centimeters of the outer layer, a drainage layer, a soil mixture are laid in the recess, then flowering summers are planted. To enhance the effect of naturalness, in some cases, the embossed tree bark is left untouched, and long-leaved ones, for example, nasturtium, are selected from the plants.
Cottage wood cottage decor
Covered with stain or paint for external woodwork, boards and bars are put on benches, small garden forms - arbors, arches, pergolas, awnings for grapes.
Special skill will require the creation of a slightly tilted cart for plants and decorative pumpkins, from which flowering petunias or pumpkin "lanterns" pour onto the ground with a bright waterfall.
A do-it-yourself bridge thrown over a small stream, as an interesting accent of a romantic corner of the garden, makes it possible to stand and look at the running water - one of three phenomena that, according to the sages, can be observed endlessly.
Beginning home craftsmen can start making garden decor items with items that require less effort, time and woodworking skills.
The plank framing of flower containers made of any plastic, tin or enameled containers will allow you to remove inconsistencies from the garden and bring the entire decor to one style denominator.
Using as source material the wooden pallets left after a large construction site will clean the site of construction waste, turn it into garden tables, benches, stools, compost boxes or a seedling table next to the cottage inventory house, where it will be convenient for the gardener to dive and transplant plants.
The simplest option for decorating garden elements with wood is to create strapping from textured ropes and wood planks (trim the door trim to fit the right length), making plastic barrels for collecting rainwater not a foreign object that you want to remove from your eyes, but a full-fledged participant in the decorating performance.
Houses for domestic animals: decoration and benefits at the same time
Together with people in the summer, those who walk on four legs move to the cottage. Getting "on free bread", they refuse to constantly be in the house, but require free walking. Also, if the owners have a certain courage or desire to eat environmentally friendly, natural products, laying hens, ducks or rabbits may appear in the homestead.
For the own construction of a chicken coop or a doghouse, which, in addition to the practical benefits, can become worthy adornments for the household part of the cottage, much more skills and free time will be needed. However, the pleasure that the master receives from the admiration of other people and the realization of the level of his own mastery is worth it.
Projects of modern buildings for pets - these are castles, cottages, mansions and small towers, hiding behind the beautiful facade full facilities for comfortable living of those who guard, feed and relieve nervous tension of family members. At such houses in different styles, the device of a flat grass roof, windows with painted shutters, a decorative balcony on the pediment or carved pillars supporting the canopy over the terraces for everyone's pet looks interesting.
Stone and concrete walkways
High-strength materials - stone and concrete, which can take any shape, are suitable for creating decorative elements of a suburban area of various sizes.
Horizontal plane decoration occurs by plotting the area with footpaths, platforms and driveways. If you look at the hacienda from above, then the correct lines of the tracks should be woven into a simple but harmonious pattern. In small cottages, it is not recommended to make the route straight or with sharp turns.
Track options available for hand-made production:
concrete (continuous casting, the creation of individual blocks by molding);
stone with gravel framing (stones are laid on a solid foundation, gravel with compaction is poured into the gaps);
stone with a lawn frame (around the main flat stones on a layer of earth lawn grass is planted, which is cut along with the lawns);
gravel (gravel is falling asleep in the bed of the track);
paving stones (granite blocks or a concrete analogue of ancient street masonry are used);
pebble (large pebbles placed on an edge are pressed into the cement mixture with a dotted pattern).
Selecting materials by color and shape, mixing different techniques, changing the laying direction, a real master can create tracks that cannot be repeated. A chain of routes laid at the request of the owners, connecting different corners of the garden, organizes the space, delimits it into zones and makes it unlike neighboring cottages.
Tip. When excavating the ground to prepare the bed of the garden path after setting up the curbs, lay high density geotextiles on the bottom with the plant on the walls of the grooves (used for paving). It will not allow the base (sand and gravel layers) to go into the ground, and will prevent weeds from germinating. Only then backfill and lay the front material of the track.
Small concrete forms
Plastic concrete can be used to create small-sized decorative elements that can intrigue the calm flow of suburban life and revive the monotony of distant green corners.
The main thing in the process: the choice of a high-quality mixture, accuracy when pouring, removal of internal air bubbles and thorough post-treatment, including decorating with various materials, if the concrete's own color does not suit the master.
Of concrete, you can make the original decoration of a summer cottage:
the base of a fountain or small waterfall;
garden table and "eternal" chairs, trimmed with stone, tiled, earthenware mosaic;
sundial on a stand;
baths for birds;
man-made stones with moss grown in recesses, stonecrops.
A bird drinker cast from concrete looks very interesting, where a leaf of burdock or rhubarb served as a shape. The combination of the natural pattern of leaf veins with technological material will successfully decorate the cottage in a modern style.
The main task of any owner is to make his suburban area attractive, comfortable for living. Even nature doesn’t have everything perfect, and when a person intervenes, performing construction work and violating harmony, decoration is required.
It is necessary to hide a certain area of the house territory, and emphasize the most successful prospect or a cozy corner, and present it to the viewer so that he does not pass by. Applying diligence, patience, and also some efforts, you can turn your ordinary cottage into a fairy-tale world with your own hands.
DIY cottage design: bring a fairy tale to life. What can be done to decorate the country house and the adjacent area so that passers-by turn their necks, and incoming guests instantly get the idea to buy a hacienda and organize on it the same corner of paradise relaxation, peace and quiet, as you have? Doing the design of the cottage with your own hands means telling your life story with natural materials, implementing a project with a bright personality, stained with amazing impressions, favorite stories and a joyful attitude to country life.
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First you need to decide what exactly is required: decorating the interior of a country house or interesting design of the entire site? It is necessary to highlight the decor elements that are characteristic of the internal and external spaces, and then decide which ones can be made with your own hands.
If the home decoration cannot be too large, mainly textile decoration, wall decor and small accessories that are accents of the premises, then the decor of a summer cottage can be divided into large, medium in size and very small - the highlight of any corner the garden.
Garden design
Creation of green areas, alleys
Walkways, driveways
garden furniture
Flower beds
Barrels, containers
Alpine hills, rockeries
Fountains
Feeding troughs, birdhouses, houses for beneficial insects
Decorating the entire site is based on its features (form, division into zones, elevation, prevailing verticals, existing groups of green spaces), taking into account the view from the window of the central room or your favorite room in the house, based on your own hobbies and financial capabilities.
The advice of more experienced craftsmen, books and master classes will come to the aid of a beginner home-made product, and “advanced” decorators should use the results of their hobby to decorate the surrounding space with improvised materials, and can learn something new from knowledgeable people.
Wooden plot decor
To decorate the cottage, all parts of the tree are suitable, starting with its branches and ending with stumps with the remains of the roots. In different versions, wood materials are subjected to various processing: soaked, sawn, sanded, sanded, spread on boards, covered with stain, hollowed out.
Wicker decor. In its manufacture, specially prepared willow vines or cut branches of small diameter deciduous trees that are similar in length are used. The main indicator of the material used is flexibility. By weaving create:
Decoration using natural forms. In this option, the skinned parts of logs with a butt and thick roots are used for the manufacture of garden benches, bird feeders, the foundations of children's houses in the style of Russian folk tales and the design of playgrounds.
To create a flower girl, the inner part of the stump is removed, leaving a few centimeters of the outer layer, a drainage layer, a soil mixture are laid in the recess, then flowering summers are planted. To enhance the effect of naturalness, in some cases, the embossed tree bark is left untouched, and long-leaved ones, for example, nasturtium, are selected from the plants.
Cottage wood cottage decor
Covered with stain or paint for external woodwork, boards and bars are put on benches, small garden forms - arbors, arches, pergolas, awnings for grapes.
A do-it-yourself bridge thrown over a small stream, as an interesting accent of a romantic corner of the garden, makes it possible to stand and look at the running water - one of three phenomena that, according to the sages, can be observed endlessly.
Beginning home craftsmen can start making garden decor items with items that require less effort, time and woodworking skills.
Houses for domestic animals: decoration and benefits at the same time
Together with people in the summer, those who walk on four legs move to the cottage. Getting "on free bread", they refuse to constantly be in the house, but require free walking. Also, if the owners have a certain courage or desire to eat environmentally friendly, natural products, laying hens, ducks or rabbits may appear in the homestead.
For the own construction of a chicken coop or a doghouse, which, in addition to the practical benefits, can become worthy adornments for the household part of the cottage, much more skills and free time will be needed. However, the pleasure that the master receives from the admiration of other people and the realization of the level of his own mastery is worth it.
Projects of modern buildings for pets - these are castles, cottages, mansions and small towers, hiding behind the beautiful facade full facilities for comfortable living of those who guard, feed and relieve nervous tension of family members. At such houses in different styles, the device of a flat grass roof, windows with painted shutters, a decorative balcony on the pediment or carved pillars supporting the canopy over the terraces for everyone's pet looks interesting.
Stone and concrete walkways
High-strength materials - stone and concrete, which can take any shape, are suitable for creating decorative elements of a suburban area of various sizes.
Horizontal plane decoration occurs by plotting the area with footpaths, platforms and driveways. If you look at the hacienda from above, then the correct lines of the tracks should be woven into a simple but harmonious pattern. In small cottages, it is not recommended to make the route straight or with sharp turns.
Track options available for hand-made production:
Selecting materials by color and shape, mixing different techniques, changing the laying direction, a real master can create tracks that cannot be repeated. A chain of routes laid at the request of the owners, connecting different corners of the garden, organizes the space, delimits it into zones and makes it unlike neighboring cottages.
Small concrete forms
Plastic concrete can be used to create small-sized decorative elements that can intrigue the calm flow of suburban life and revive the monotony of distant green corners.
Of concrete, you can make the original decoration of a summer cottage:
A bird drinker cast from concrete looks very interesting, where a leaf of burdock or rhubarb served as a shape. The combination of the natural pattern of leaf veins with technological material will successfully decorate the cottage in a modern style.
The main task of any owner is to make his suburban area attractive, comfortable for living. Even nature doesn’t have everything perfect, and when a person intervenes, performing construction work and violating harmony, decoration is required.
It is necessary to hide a certain area of the house territory, and emphasize the most successful prospect or a cozy corner, and present it to the viewer so that he does not pass by. Applying diligence, patience, and also some efforts, you can turn your ordinary cottage into a fairy-tale world with your own hands.