Creative ideas for the garden: how to make a decorative well with your own hands

Design options

After examining the decorative wells that are offered by specialized stores, you will understand that they are all very similar to each other, and such a pleasure is not cheap. In search of originality, you can contact a landscape designer and order an individual drawing, but in this case you will have to pay an even more impressive amount. The way out suggests itself: why not try to make and install a well on the site with your own hands. And there is no need to spend extra money, and the well will perfectly fit into the design of your garden.

So, decorative garden wells can be as follows:

• a wooden tower made of logs;
• with a stylized "crane";
• with and without a canopy;
• built in the form of a small Chinese house with a tiled roof;
• a tall wooden "nest" made of flexible birch twigs;
• decorated with a small decorative fountain;
• stylized as a water mill, ship, etc.

The probable forms of structures deserve a separate classification: cylindrical and cubic, rectangular, asymmetric, hexagonal. The main thing is that it is in harmony with the rest of the buildings on the site: a garage, a barn or a bathhouse.

As for the materials for construction, they can be very diverse: from stone and brick, wooden beams or simple logs. Also, decorative wells are collected from scrap materials: used car tires, unnecessary tin barrels, etc.

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Styles

The choice of the style of a decorative well largely depends on the general design of the suburban area. So, country houses with an unassuming garden landscape are ideal country style. If you are a fan of oriental traditions and culture, opt for a Chinese house with a curved roof. Modern minimalism assumes the absence of multiple decorative elements and the use of the same materials from which the house and outbuildings are built.

DIY assembly

Of course, complex structures with a curved roof and complex lighting cannot be built on their own. But everyone can assemble simple decorations with their own hands. For example, try building a simple wooden well according to our step-by-step instructions.

To work you will need:

• birch board or timber of a suitable size;
• jigsaw;
• chisel;
• file for wood;
• screwdriver and drill;
• fasteners;
• roulette.

Take care of the detailed drawing of the future design - this way you will cope faster and better. The proportions and size will depend only on your imagination, but they should be indicated in the drawing to make it easier for you to work.

The foundation

The boards from which we will build the base of the well should be marked in places where there will be grooves for assembly. To make the structure look attractive, the boards need to be cleaned of chamfers and other things.It is important that the joints are free of gaps. To give the head additional rigidity, another board is attached at the top of the base - there will be a so-called collar. In the places where the stands will be installed, you should make the corresponding grooves.

Supports and roof

The bars for the racks each mark at their own discretion, cutting out the contour with a jigsaw. We fix the racks to the base of the well with self-tapping screws, saw down the top of the racks in the form of incomplete corners and fasten them with wooden chops. Make the holes for the self-tapping screws a little smaller so that the fasteners securely fix the structure.

All components of the roof - planks, rafters - should be cut at the desired angle according to the drawing. Grooves are made in the dome, the rafters are fixed in pairs. "Umbrella" should be securely fixed with strips with screws or nails, at the end of the work the decorative top is attached.

Gate installation

When the main work is completed, we proceed to the final stage and mount a decorative gate to make our well more similar to the present. For the deck, a round beam is suitable, fixed on racks with wooden dowels. The bucket can be made from several wooden blocks of approximately the same size, or any ready-made container can be adapted. It is not at all necessary to take care that the gate is functioning - the structure has a purely decorative function.

Decor

The time has come for the most interesting thing - decorative finishing. It is unnecessary to remind that the well should be in harmony with the general style of the site. In general, several design directions can be distinguished:

• marine - with a handle-collar in the form of a steering wheel, a base trimmed with anchors, and decorative blue lighting;
• Chinese - with upward-curved roof corners;
• minimalism is a strict construction with a minimum of decorations;
• antique - with stucco and forged elements;
• medieval - made of aged brick with colored glass elements;
• country - wells in the form of miniature mills or log houses.

A decorative well can be an independent decoration or part of a landscape exposition.

Sometimes unusual flower beds are made from it. In any case, it will definitely become the highlight of your garden.