The arrangement of a summer residence is a fascinating business. Use old bricks, leftover boards, blocks of wood and other junk to create wonderful things. Photos and step-by-step actions. There are other ideas with which you can carry out the arrangement of the summer cottage and use the leftover materials.
Now gabions are considered very fashionable in design. For their arrangement, a metal mesh and stones are used:
- If the mesh is soft, it is rolled up, and stones are poured inside. If you have a tighter mesh, you will need four rectangles to make the base of the table. Connect these elements with wire.
- Pour stones on top, and the base is ready. It remains to make the countertop, for this you need to put two boards in parallel, fill a few more on top of them to get a single wooden canvas.
- You can make a bench from the same material. Using metal corners, connect four boards so that you get a rectangle. You will need two such blanks. One will be located on the right, the second on the left of the benches. Stuff on top and on both sides of the board.
Inside such a bench, you can store useful things or, for example, arrange a house for rabbits or guinea pigs, which you can take with you to the country. Then on two small sides it will be necessary to close the hole with a mesh. During the day, your beloved pets can be outdoors and feast on weed. But take them outside only in warm, dry weather.
If you have two old chairs that you can't dare to throw away, then don't. Remove the soft seats from them and see what you can make of these items.
You will succeed in arranging a summer cottage if you take:
- two wooden chairs;
- boards;
- wood varnish;
- self-tapping screws.
Then follow the following algorithm:
- In this case, the chairs will serve as both legs and armrests of a bench with a back. First, they need to be placed at some distance from each other, so that they look in one direction.
- Now, using self-tapping screws, attach two or three boards to the side to make the back of the bench. The rest of the boards will connect these chairs while on their seat.
- Secure all this firmly with self-tapping screws, then paint the bench on all sides. Such a bench with a back will look especially beautiful if the chairs are carved or have wooden decorations. If they are not there, you can glue such decorative elements made of polystyrene, then paint them in the same tone as the rest of the product.
If you have left silicate blocks with holes from the construction, they are suitable for the implementation of the next idea for the improvement of the summer cottage.
As you can see, they need to be connected together. This can be done with a cement mixture. Color the blocks. When the paint is dry, connect them with 5 cm thick wooden planks, also having previously painted them.
You can make a romantic bench for two using almost the same materials. In order for you to have a successful arrangement of the site, first prepare this with your own hands:
- two sheets of plywood;
- boards;
- antiseptic for wood;
- self-tapping screws;
- brush;
- jigsaw.
Draw a blank for the future sidewalls on both sheets of plywood. Cut along the basting with a jigsaw. Since the plywood itself is thin enough for the boards to stick better to its ends, first attach two small sticks to the plywood on each side of each board. They will allow the bench to be more durable.
Now fix the boards using four screws for each on one side and on the other.
Color your awesome creation. Then you can put the bench in the most conspicuous place, and let the neighbors envy.
After such work, you will probably have small scraps of materials. We advise you to use them as well. After all, the arrangement of a summer residence is not only the beauty of the site, but also the charm of the interior of the room.
The universal swivel shelf is quite simple to make, it is very functional and will allow you to use free corners to place books, jars of spices or small building accessories here.
Place a coat hanger when entering the room. Purchased is not cheap, but you can easily use dry wood. Remove the bark from it. Trim off the thinnest parts of the knots, leaving branches to hang things on. To preserve the natural color of the wood, cover it with a clear varnish or colorless antiseptic.
It is important to secure the tree well so that the product is stable. To do this, you need to make an even cut at the bottom and attach this part to the prepared wooden stand. If you have logs, in just 20 minutes you can make an original glowing stool from each.
First peel off the bark, then sand the stump. You can now paint the top with fluorescent paint. Such products look especially charming near an evening bonfire.
DIY brick dacha
The improvement of the summer cottage will also help to resolve this issue, and even allow the use of the remnants of building material. You can also find use for brick, which has already served its time, if you have disassembled some kind of building where it was available.
Such waste material will become an original decoration of the summer cottage. And nothing if the brick is not new and is already covered with moss. This will give the inlay a touch of antiquity.
Place two bricks for each row. In this case, the first three must be done with a gap in order to place brushwood between them. This idea will create a kind of stove. For these rows, place the bricks on the edge, and for the top, place them flat.
From the rest, you can make the following inlay.
For such work you will need:
- 5 bricks;
- drill with a nozzle for working with a stone;
- candles;
- succulents;
- the soil.
Use a drill bit to poke two round holes in each brick. In one you put a candle, and in the other you put soil and plant the plants.
In the same way, you can make three small holes in each brick for three candles, or use building materials that already have similar grooves.
The arrangement of the summer cottage consists of many small nuances. You can make flowerpot stands out of bricks, or turn this into a bird feeder.
Place the bricks one on top of the other in a checkerboard pattern. Even old iron pots for the stove can be used as pots. They must first be washed and painted, then poured into the soil and planted.
And in order to be able to feed the birds, place a wide bowl on top of this pedestal and pour grains here.
A dry stream can also be made of bricks. To do this, they need to be placed on the base in a checkerboard pattern, outline the outlines of the future dry stream, cut off the excess and pour pebbles here.
You can make amazing garden paths out of bricks.
For this, you must first outline the outlines of two parallel winding lines. To prevent grass from growing between the bricks, you need to cut out the geotextile and put it here.
Pour gravel on top, sprinkle sand on it and tamp this substrate, adding water here in several stages. Add more sand if necessary. Lay a brick on top. To make the path clear, lay the rest of the brick on the edge. It will surround this track on the left and right.
But you can use another idea to improve the dacha.
As you can see, the brick is laid on a small stone base.
Even if you don't have enough of such building material, this is not a reason to deny yourself the pleasure of making a path. Place bricks in groups between the lawn; such an accomplishment of the cottage will certainly be appreciated by home, neighbors and visiting guests.
To implement such ideas, you can do without geotextiles. Let the grass grow, giving the impression of an abandoned old garden. Brickwork looks beautiful with stones, and green plants add extra charm to such a structure.
If you want to update your walkway, you can buy special sideboards for the garden beds and place them between the bricks. Such a path will sparkle in a new way and will look attractive.
You can make a semicircular descent near the porch that leads to the walkway.
In order not to constantly weed the grass near the trees and to have the opportunity to rest, put the table and chairs on a flat surface, also make it out of brick.
As you can see, there is no such coverage directly near the tree trunks so that they have the opportunity to grow in breadth, and moisture and oxygen enter the roots. The creation of this base begins from the central part. This is where small pieces of brick are laid in a circle. The next rows are arranged in the same order. But first, of course, you need to put geotextiles, a small stone, and pour sand on it.
You can get a round base in another way. But for this, you first need to make a markup on the site, and then lay the bricks in even rows. Trim the resulting base with the same material, spreading it out in a circle. Flowers will look amazing next to them, for which you will also make flower girls out of bricks.
This is how you get your summer cottage improvement if you use waste building material.
If on a weekend you like to eat barbecue, you can build a stationary barbecue, which will cost you quite cheap. It can also be free if you have disassembled a building and there are bricks.
To make a brazier, take:
- bricks;
- crushed stone;
- shovel;
- rubber mallet;
- hose or rope.
Then follow this plan of action:
- Use a rope or hose to make a circle on the ground, dig with a shovel at this mark. Remove the sod from the outside of the cut.
- Pour rubble on one groove, put a brick here. Using the same material, strengthen the sidewalls and the upper part of the future barbecue.
- Help yourself with your work with a rubber mallet, tapping on the bricks so that they lie flat.
- If you wish, create a flat round area around the hearth. Then you can walk here without fear of getting your shoes dirty. From the rest of the boards, you can make a semicircular bench, you will hide firewood under it, get them as needed.
See what else the improvement of the cottage can be if you use the leftover or waste material.
If you didn't calculate and bought a lot of material for the drain device or disassembled the old one to make a new one, then make just such an original hanging flower girl. Here you can grow not only flowers, but also greens. This is very convenient, because then you will not need to weed out weeds, and healthy greens will always be at hand.
Take the gutter sections. Install plugs on each side. Connect the three sections together with a wire, It will also help to hang this structure.
It is important to water the soil in hanging pots often enough, as it will dry out quickly in dry weather.
An old cart is a rarity that no longer looks the same. But you can make it so that it will help the improvement of the cottage and fit into the modern design. To do this, put pots of flowers in the cart, and you will have such a gorgeous colorful meadow.
Hanging flower pots can also be made from old tires. See how you need to cut it in a zigzag pattern and then turn it inside out for such a charming piece.
Paint it and plant flowers inside. You can weave a pots using the macrame technique and hang such a structure. But make it strong enough so that the threads won't break and the heavy piece won't fall.
If you wish, you can even decorate old pallets with flowers by fixing the pots here. Or, if you like, pour in the ground and plant greens and other plants between the rows of these pallets.
A monotonous wall will sparkle in a new way if you also decorate it with various potted plants. These pets will certainly thank you, as they love to grow outdoors in the warm season.
Make such a hanging swing from pallets and leftover wood. But they must be strong and reliable enough.
Turn the cable reel into a convenient table. Place an umbrella on top so you can sit in the shade. If you cut off the excess, then you can make a comfortable chair out of the coil, and by extending its seat, turn it into a convenient table where you can put a book or other small objects.
Do not rush to throw away the perforated metal barrels. Paint them and cut each sidewall. Then these parts need to be attached to the main one, placing them with a concave element inward. It remains to make the inner parts of the sidewalls of the armrests and the seat from wood so that you can comfortably rest on such sofas. And from the half of the barrel you will make a comfortable table.
And if you have a metal frame that is already rusted in places, then paint that one and make just such a spot irrigation system for the lawn.
As you can see, arranging a summer cottage can be very cheap for the owners, since for this you will use junk materials. If you are inspired by these ideas, we suggest watching videos that will give you even more scope for creativity.
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