Modern, stylish and practical ideas for a flower bed with your own hands
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Options for flower beds from old tires
Car tires are the most common material for decorating flower beds at a summer cottage. The ideas for creating flower arrangements from tires are so diverse that it is simply impossible to list and describe all the options. A do-it-yourself flower bed from a tire can be quite simple, or it can be very unusual, and even exclusive - it all depends on fantasy, imagination and, to some extent, on skill.
The easiest way is to paint the tire with bright multi-colored paint, apply some kind of drawing, pour soil, plant flowers - and that's it, the simplest flower bed of tires is ready. If desired, the task can be complicated, and you can build a curly or tiered composition from several tires in the form of a pyramid, chamomile and other simple figures. The implementation of such an idea will not take much time, and the flower beds will look fresh and original, but not creative. If you have imagination, and most importantly, the desire to create real designer flower beds with your own hands near a private house or for a summer residence, you can consider the following interesting options:
- Tea composition. To complete this simple but original flower bed, you need a small piece of pipe (for the spout of the kettle), flexible metal tape (for the handles of the kettle and cup) and 4 tires: two for the kettle and two for the cup, moreover, it is better to use tires of different sizes for the cup. We put two tires one on top of the other, on one side we attach a piece of pipe, on the other - a piece of flexible metal bent in the form of a handle - the kettle is ready. Next, we make a cup: we put a smaller tire at the bottom, a large tire at the top, attach a handle to the side - we get a cup. We paint in a bright color, apply a drawing, fill in soil, plant flowers.
- Flowerbed-turtle. To implement this idea, you need: two tires, a small piece of plastic pipe for the neck, foam (you can make a head from it), a piece of rubber for the tail. One tire is laid on the ground - this is the body of the turtle. In the upper part of it, you need to make 6 cuts: 4 for the paws, one for the head and one for the tail. A tread is cut from another tire, divided into 4 even parts, each of which is inserted into the cuts - these are paws, a small piece of rubber (tail) and a piece of pipe (head) are inserted into the other two cuts. At the edge of the pipe, a head is made using polyurethane foam. The finishing touch is to paint the turtle in a suitable color.
This original handmade flowerbed can serve as a decoration for a garden in the country, an area near the house, and be used to decorate a child's recreation area.
- A flower bed made from an inverted tire. Designing such an idea will take a little time and effort from you. First, draw on the tire with chalk, and then carefully cut out the flower petals. Petals can be of any shape: triangular, rounded, wavy.Then the tire should be turned out, at first glance, turning out the tire seems difficult, but this is only at the initial stage. To turn the tire inside out, you need to turn it over with its whole side, grasp the cuts (petals) with your hands, and pushing in the tread area, pull towards yourself, when part of the tire turns out, you can flatten it, and turn out the rest. At the end, the structure is painted in an original way, the earth is poured, and the plants are planted.
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How to use interior items
Old and worn-out interior items do not have to be thrown away - they can be used to decorate small flower beds in the country. Ideas for creating such original flower beds are very simple to implement. All that is needed for this is a worn-out thing, paint, soil and flowers. It is imperative to paint old objects, unless, of course, you are an adherent of retro style. Coloring will add brightness to old things, renew them and make them more fun.
Any household items can be used as a flower bed: baskets, suitcases, bags, boxes, vases, and even old shoes. Then everything is as usual: we paint the object in the color we like, put the drainage on the bottom, fill in the soil, and plant the flowers. When creating these miniature flower beds with your own hands in the country or in the yard near the house, it is necessary to take into account the already established landscape style. For example, small containers with plants can be placed on the terrace, balcony, compositions from old shoes - on the stairs, baskets and bags can be hung in the form of pots. The flower beds made of wicker baskets look original. If you plant ampelous plants in them and hang them on the terrace of the house and at the entrance, you get a real decoration for a summer cottage.
How to make wooden flower beds
Interesting ideas for decorating a wooden flower bed can be realized in any country house. Each owner will find remnants of boards, dry branches, trunks of cut trees - all this material will be useful for creating original flower beds. A flower bed made of a thick dry trunk will harmoniously fit into any landscape style of a summer cottage or a private house, and it is very easy to make such a flower garden with your own hands. When planning the design of a flower bed, you must first find a suitable trunk - it must be completely dry, wide enough and capable of withstanding the load of the soil and plants.
The easiest way to make a flower garden out of wood is to cut a recess in the trunk, fill it with soil, and plant flowers. But such a composition is short-lived, since the tree can rot. To extend the life of the structure, the recess in the trunk is treated with a compound that prevents wood from rotting. And in order for the flowerbed to be stable, it is slightly buried in the ground, sometimes concreted.
Not cut, but a dried tree in the country is an ideal basis for a vertical flower bed. Flowerpots with ampelous flowers, hung on the knots of the trunk, will create the illusion of a living flowering tree, and the composition itself can become the central element of the garden and the cottage as a whole. From thin dry twigs and twigs, you can make beautiful wicker hedges for decorating a summer cottage. Do-it-yourself wattle is considered the most sophisticated and fashionable element of landscape design. Wicker fences are used for framing flower beds, installed near the entrance to the house, separating functional areas, for example, the territory of the dacha from the garden.
Flower garden from old furniture
A flower bed of furniture is a relatively new invention of modern flower growers and summer residents. Such original ideas for organizing space in the country can be carried out by anyone who has unnecessary old pieces of furniture on the farm: wardrobes, dressers, chairs, benches, beds, and even sofas. Making flower beds from furniture with your own hands does not take much time and material investments.All that is needed to translate an idea into reality is soil and flowers, well, paint if the retro style is not to your taste. Such flower beds are rarely painted. As a rule, carved decoration, original shapes of legs and doors are used as an additional element of the composition. There are many ways to organize flower beds from furniture with your own hands:
- an original flower bed can turn out from an old chest of drawers with drawers, if the boxes are cascaded, pour soil into them, and plant ampelous plants that will hang down, and create a living flower waterfall on the territory of the cottage;
- outdated benches and chairs can become stands for flower pots, in addition, they can be moved, and thereby constantly change the landscape design of the summer cottage;
- metal beds can be partially dug into the ground - their backs will serve as a support for climbing plants, and bushy flowers can be planted in place of the mattress.
Interesting and unusual ideas
A creative person in the country has a use for everything. The remains of various building materials, natural stones, even old plumbing and cars can be used to create unusual flower beds with your own hands. Now you can often find a flower garden equipped in a toilet bowl, or a cistern, and such a flower bed does not cause bewilderment to anyone, but, on the contrary, is considered the embodiment of an original idea. Ponds from the old bath are now also not uncommon. If you decorate such a miniature lake with water plants, put pebbles on the bottom, and install a bench next to it, you will get a unique corner for relaxation.Many designers and simply amateur gardeners prefer to use stone to create flower beds. Alpine slides with exotic plants, rose gardens, and simple flower arrangements framed with natural stone look elegant, stylish and expensive.
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