Building a house outside the city is still a dream of many city dwellers, and those who succeed in making their dream come true face rather unexpected problems in ennobling the site.
By building a house, you are only doing half the job. Next, you will need to do the ennoblement of the territory you inherited. The most important moment in its design will be the zoning of individual sections, and this will require mini-fences.
low decorative fence
They can serve:
- a means by which the working area is delimited from the relaxation zone;
Decorative fencing separates the recreation area
- a way to designate berry and vegetable beds;
Decorative brick fence for columbus
- an ornament that captures the beauty of the geometry of the flower bed;
- fencing of the entire area.
Fencing of the area adjacent to the house
Making such decorative fences with your own hands is not as difficult as it seems, if you have an idea where to start.
And you need to start with the understanding that decorative fences are by no means tall fences that surround many buildings, but an opportunity to decorate a flower bed, giving it a strict square shape, a loyal circle shape, or even hit abstraction.
With the help of a decorative fence, a flower bed can be given any shape.
It is good to allocate alleys and paths on the site with a low fence. Those of them that lead to the house and the main buildings can be additionally provided with lighting. The same type of fences will allow you to combine into a single whole, for example, all the flower beds broken on the site. In this way, you emphasize the style of the situation and give the landscape a complete look.
Decorative fence along the path
The height of decorative fences is determined in accordance with their purpose. If this is a fence that limits the territory, then its height can be one and a half meters, but you can separate the flower garden from the path with a forty-centimeter structure.
A wooden fence separates the path from the flower garden
Material for needlework
Puzzled by the creation of decorative fences, many are lost on which material to choose. Everything will depend on your creative abilities, the ability to see the future design in raw materials and your willingness to spend money on it. Everything can go:
1. Boards.
Original decorative fence made of old boards
2. Rods.
Do-it-yourself fencing from intertwined rods
3. Stones.
Fence around the site of stone and wood
4. Bricks.
Semicircular fence for flower beds made of bricks
5. Plastic.
Low railing for a flower garden made of plastic
6. Metal.
A metal fence separates the pool area
It sounds original, but even empty bottles can be used for these purposes, both glass and plastic, worn car tires, etc.If you don’t provide a good idea of exactly how to use all this wealth, then you can peep ideas for creating decorative fences from them with your own hands on the Internet.
Unusual decorative fence with your own hands from bottles
Weave wattle
Probably the most popular and affordable option for decorative fences for a rural estate is wattle. It is collected from branches and vines. Fences of this kind were used by our ancestors, so why not return them to the modern landscape?
Traditional wattle is made from branches and vines.
To work on the fence you will need:
1. Stakes (ideally oak).
2. Bars.
3. Thin flexible rods.
4. Antiseptic.
5. Axe.
6. Hammer.
We arm ourselves with a sharp knife and set off to prepare rods. Suitable willow, hazel, lilac and even branches of ordinary fruit trees. You need to take annual branches. The collected raw materials are soaked in water. This is necessary to give the branches good flexibility. We leave them in water for a day. During this time, we hammer the support posts into the ground, having previously treated them with an antiseptic. Protection will extend their life. You can weave a vine around them horizontally and vertically. The latter option is more acceptable for fencing from the streets; inside the yard, a horizontally woven fence looks more aesthetically pleasing. It will be a great way to fence off the territory of the playground or household.
Wattle with vertically arranged rods
For a vertical wattle fence, stakes are hammered at intervals of 2 meters. Three bars are attached between them, between which the vine will be passed. The technique of weaving a horizontal wattle fence is similar, only the stakes are hammered much more often here, and the vine is laid in a transverse position, braiding them from different sides.
Wattle with horizontal bars
stone fences
The most picturesque and almost eternal will be stone fences. In their frame, flower beds and flower beds look great. Rough stone texture emphasizes the fragility of wildlife.
Fencing flower beds made of stone look organic
For laying out decorative stone fences with your own hands, in addition to tile-shaped stones, you will need a high-quality concrete mix. The first layer is done in random order. Each subsequent row is laid in such a way that the seam has an abstract line, and not a geometrically correct one.
Decorative stone fence along the path
gabion fence
If you want to have a durable and original fence design, pay attention to the gabion fence. Such a fence will not need at all, in any care. This is a great alternative to expensive analogues made of natural stones. The installation process is much easier, because there is no need to equip the foundation. It is enough just to concrete the pillars, which will become the basis for attaching the grid.
Fence using gabions
The stones are placed in a mesh frame. Grid cells can be small and large. The beauty of the fence will depend on the faction of the stones filling it. Small components do not look very advantageous, but this is a matter of taste for everyone. It happens that gabions are generally filled with simple rubble. To give your fence originality, you can use stones of other breeds in your work. Colored cobblestones will help to create an ornament. And further. It is not necessary to make such a fence of the same type. It will look more interesting in combination with other subspecies of its brethren.
In the manufacture of gabions, you can combine various materials
Pencil fence
If you are going to assemble a fence from vertical pickets, then try transforming the components into colored pencils. Their shape is easy to give to both boards and logs.It is enough to cut off their upper end in the form of a cone and give it the appearance of a rod. Each element can be painted in its own color. The fence will turn out bright and colorful.
Bright decorative fence made of pencils of different heights
Vinyl fences
At first glance, such fences do not inspire much confidence. They seem too fragile, but in operation you will see the opposite. Vinyl fences will prove to be durable, not afraid of loads of construction. They will not be afraid of corrosion. They are easy to clean and wash. Vinyl is completely indifferent to weather changes. Assembling the fence is not difficult. The latter makes decorative vinyl railings a priority for do-it-yourself assembly.
Vinyl fencing is durable and easy to clean
concrete scenery
At the mention of a concrete fence, a gray, gloomy structure of gigantic height immediately rises before your eyes, depressing and overwhelming. If you think that you are invited to build something similar on your site, you are mistaken. For finishing lawns and paths, you will need bright elements with beautiful patterns on the outside.
Concrete hedge decoration
Concrete parts for a fun fence can be cast with your own hands. To do this, you will need polyurethane or plastic molds. They are lubricated with vegetable oil (this is necessary so that the finished product does not stick to the mold) and poured with a solution of concrete mixture. It should have the consistency of thick sour cream, so when adding water to the cement-sand mix, keep this in mind.
There are a large number of concrete casting molds on the market.
In the traditional recipe, 2 servings of sand are added to a portion of M 250 cement. Remember that too much sand will make the section darker. The exposure time of the solution in the form of 24 hours. After solidification, the finished element is removed. Having typed the required number of sections, you can begin the installation of the fence. You can paint the finished fence with pictures or just paint the sections with different colors.
Decorative fencing made of concrete with subsequent painting
Unusual decorative fences with your own hands
New life for old bottles
“If your handmade bottle railings confuse you with the look of bare bottoms, fix it by painting them with paint suitable for outdoor use.”
Reception of glass containers today is not a relevant process, so many of these goods have accumulated a lot. Throw away their hand does not rise and what to do is unknown. And try to build a fence out of unnecessary bottles. To make such a masterpiece is within the power of everyone. Laying out an ornament or a fancy pattern of transparent, dark brown and green bottles will help a flight of fancy. On sunny days, fireworks of sunbeams will scatter from such a hedge. The stained glass effect will not disappear even at night. It will show up in the headlights of passing cars.
Spectacular fence of luminous bottles
To make the idea a success, use a few tips.
Use only thoroughly cleaned containers. Otherwise, a good coupling with the solution will not work. Before immuring the bottles into the wall, plug their necks. This is a necessary step. It will protect against the formation of condensate during temperature changes.
Decorative fencing along the path of the bottles
Beer bottles have optimal sizes and colors. Champagne containers are non-standard in their dimensions, so they will have to find other uses, for example, to make a flower garden or path fence with them.
To do this, you will need to remove the stickers from the bottles and wash them. Then fill each with earth and close with a cork. Measure the length of the bottle with a tape measure and divide the result in half. You will get the depth of the trench to be made around the fenced area. The width of the groove will determine the radius of the bottom.When all the preparatory stages are completed, we begin to create. Turn the first bottle upside down and lower it into the trench. We fall asleep with moistened soil and ram. Now, close to the already installed part, we put the second bottle and step by step repeat everything that was done with the predecessor. We do this until we fence the entire flower garden.
Low fence flower garden from dug bottles
In the same way, you can use a plastic container. Here you can try to play with displacement. Between half-liter bottles, try periodically inserting one and a half liter bottles. You will see that the erected fence turns out to be very interesting.
Fencing beds from dug plastic bottles
If your handmade bottle railings confuse you with the look of bare bottoms, then fix the situation by painting them with paint suitable for outdoor use. You can hide their surfaces under the decorated flowers cut out of plastic. Such a decision will look very nice.
Double deck bottle rails
To create a multi-tiered fence, you will need to stock up on prepared bottles, a watering can, a shovel and fertile soil. First of all, we will dig a trench for the largest ring of the future flower bed. We will put a number of bottles there, strengthen them and add soil to the level of the bottoms. The second ring must be placed inside the already finished site. To do this, dig a new groove and repeat step by step all the steps. In the center of the resulting space, again pour the earth.
Bottle fence in several rows
Thus, you can make as many tiers of a flower garden as your soul desires. Narrow bottle rings should be tied with wire. So you strengthen the walls of the fence.
Don't get carried away. Too large a flower garden with many tiers will be inconvenient for you to care for.
Horizontal bottle fence
“To make decorative fences of this type with your own hands, you will need to collect a sufficient number of bottles of the same type and find an iron barrel”
This is a more monumental building. To make decorative fences of this type with your own hands, you will need to collect a sufficient number of bottles of the same type and find an iron barrel that will have to be cut in half.
Horizontal bottle fence
We install the prepared container in the places of the planned flower beds and begin to lay out the future fence. With a trowel we apply the solution to the outer side of the barrel wall so that the neck of the bottle can be inserted into the resulting slide. The following elements are placed as close as possible. When the first row is ready, you will need to lay out the next one on top of it, but do it so that the bottoms are staggered. Actions will continue until the unsightly barrel turns into a magnificent flowerpot fence.
Tire railings
Even if you don't own a car and your friends aren't car enthusiasts, fencing material like old tires is easy to find. You can literally get them for pennies at auto repair shops.
Tires can be used in different angles. The easiest way is to dig them vertically into the ground. It is rational to decorate the above-ground part in different colors. If you like, plant a carved animal or bird on each tire.
If you managed to get hold of a tire from KAMAZ, then just lay it on the ground and, falling asleep inside the ground, break a flower bed in it.
Flowerbed of painted tires
You can cut and unfold the tire as long as possible and fix the resulting tape on pre-dug pegs. This is done when there is not enough material, and many areas need to be protected. The front side is also painted with paints.
Hedge
This type of decorative fences, planted with their own hands, is also referred to as an original site zoning solution.They are preferred for their cheapness and beauty. And indeed, it is not necessary to spend much money on the creation of such masterpieces, which cannot be said about the forces. For a living fence, you will need bushes of plants that have acclimatized well in our conditions, preferably from a series of evergreens. Shrubs are planted around the perimeter of the selected zone and sometimes give them the most intricate forms with the help of a pruner or garden shears.
living decorative hedge
How exactly to cut the bushes will depend on the stylistic decision of the rest of the landscape. For the classics, you will have to stop at the strict geometric patterns of the hedge, but in country music you can give it the look of any pets.
The hedge can be easily shaped into any shape
You will have to regularly monitor the condition of such a fence, water it, protect it from pests and try to correct its shape in time so that it does not look like thickets in the center of the yard or along its perimeter.
Fence shutters
If you do not want to be in close contact with your neighbors and put your life on display, then this type of fence will be a real find for you. In the fence, the span plates are installed at a certain angle. It does not prevent the penetration of light and air. For the plates, you will need galvanized steel or wood. In the first case, you will have to fork out, but such a fence will last longer. Galvanization has a specific protective coating and will need to be painted periodically to restore its original attractiveness, but this will have to be done much less frequently than in the case of wood.
Fence blinds will hide the area from prying eyes
The blinds fence can be made deaf or with gaps between the slats. In this matter, the decision is yours.
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Conclusion
If you managed to build a beautiful house, but did not have time to fence off the area around it and did not fence it off inside the yard, then the work on creating a cozy nest cannot be considered completed. Temporary financial difficulties are not a reason to give up on a dream. Design decorative fences with your own hands! By doing this, you will give your new home a uniqueness and make it unique, and at the same time, perhaps, get rid of deposits of seemingly unnecessary rubbish.
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