Beautiful dacha: simple ideas for arranging a dacha with your own hands
We are invited to visit a beautiful summer cottage, a photo of which will tell the story of the old house, inherited by the owners from their grandfather. In this house with worn out floorboards, every thing has its own special story. The owners tried to carefully renovate the country house, preserving its special atmosphere. But at the same time, the house must be in a residential condition, because the family lives here all summer and comes for weekends all year round.
The doorways in the house were so low that anyone taller than 177 cm would certainly hit the back of the head.
Life is in full swing here
A used ordinary galvanized watering can can be turned into a mini-fountain in no time.
Mini fountain from a watering can. Photo by Elke Borkowski
To do this, you need an electric pump, which is usually installed in a pond. Water will be pumped through a hose through the hole in the bottom of the shower head to the sprayer.
Advice: It is more convenient to turn the fountain on and off using the remote control. For the winter, the pump must be removed from the water, rinsed thoroughly and brought into a dry, frost-free room (more about winter storage of tools and equipment described in this material).
Simple ideas on how to equip a dacha with your own hands.
The veranda is used from early spring to late autumn.
Everyone loves to gather at the large dining table on the veranda, because in summer you can open the wide double door and feel like in a garden. Because grandchildren often come to the dacha, then there is a place for everyone on this large veranda.
Renovated bathroom.
Small garden pond with frogs.
Lupins love the sandy soil in the garden and are actively spreading throughout the garden.
The kitchen corner is a favorite place for everyone at home.
Delphinium broke its previous record of 480 cm.
The Flammentanz climbing rose grows under the windows of the veranda - much better than just planting it near the wall of the house - so it can be admired from all sides.
Beautiful dacha photo: rose and astrantia near the house.
Gladioli are very easy to grow. Dig up in the fall, wrap the bulbs in newspaper and put them in a cool place, plant them in May, and you have a sea of flowers. There can be 20-30 babies from one onion. These are excellent cut flowers.
Zinnia pleases with a multi-colored rainbow of colors all summer.
Flowers, mostly inherited.
Inventory in a new role
Do you have “old age” shovels and hoes on your farm? Find a new use for "honorable retirees": for example, decorate a garden gate with them.
Decorate your gate with old garden tools
True, there is one caveat: in order to protect the inventory from further corrosion, the tools must be coated with varnish that is resistant to adverse weather conditions, or painted. Old garden shears, sickles and hand shovels, suspended on wardrobe hooks, are useful for decorating the wall of the utility block.
Vintage garden tools
Other ideas for non-standard use of garden tools can be found in the selection:
- Take your time to throw it away: garden crafts from old things
Interesting photos: the stages of setting up a summer residence.
And the main legacy in this dacha is the stove, which is more than 100 years old.
Beautiful dacha photo of the living room.
Every spring, a petunia is planted on the veranda in a pot - and every year it is more and more.
The terrace next to the house is actively used in summer.
From the side of the border of the plot, the terrace is fenced with a decorative fence.
Waiting for the harvest in high beds.
Evening time is the most favorite time in the country.
Millions of cheerful gramophone petunias blossomed in boxes under the windows.
Construction of a new porch, because the old man's floor froze over in winter.
This is what the finished porch looks like.
The next project is to replace the old floor throughout the house and insulate it with OSB slabs.
The floor was insulated, the floorboards were changed, and now the house is much warmer.
The large dining table can accommodate the whole large family during the holidays.
A rug made of old T-shirts, in the grandmother's way.
Everyone in the family loves this old house.
Because the family spends more and more time at the dacha, it was decided to expand the house by adding a new bedroom to it.
The bedroom is on a concrete foundation, the base is a wooden frame, OSB slabs plus insulation.
Because there were no paved paths in the garden and in bad weather this created problems, in the summer they started laying paths in the garden.
A small paved area for a gazebo was added to the paths.
Mosquito repellent, light curtains - and you can sit in it all day.
While the construction was underway, the flowers did not fail, and everything also bloomed exuberantly without much care. We also waited for the harvest from high beds.
Beautiful dacha photo of the kitchen.
The kitchen also needed updating.
The new kitchen is beautiful and functional.
And the garden pleases with its views and aromas.
Most flowers are unpretentious and grow without much hassle.
A beautiful dacha with your own hands is the result of more than one year's work, we hope these photos will inspire you to equip your own beautiful dacha.
On a new path
Old ceramic pots don't have to be thrown away. They, or rather their fragments, can be used to decorate a concrete walking path. To make it easier to work with the mosaic, the fragments can be laid out in a row and a strip of adhesive tape can be glued on top (to fix the pieces). Flip the "tape" over and apply metal and ceramic adhesive to the back of the mosaic. After you glue the tiles to the concrete base, remove the tape and fix the mosaic with mortar.
Garden path with mosaic decor. Photo by Marion Nickig
Important: Stepping slabs must be at least 4 cm thick, otherwise they will break quickly.
Tired of the old gray slab track? Make creative sprinkles of herbs - resistant to trampling noble ‘Treneague’ belly buttons or thyme herb.
Herb path. Photo by Marion Nickig
And for those who have a garden path only in the project, a master class on making paving slabs with their own hands may be useful.
My beautiful garden with your own hands landscape tricks
Services related to the creation of landscape design do not lose their relevance. A person who cares about the aesthetic properties of his garden wants to make it as attractive as possible.
The cost of such services is high, plus a lot of financial resources are required for planting material. It is easy to save money in this case - just learn a few tricks of landscape design.
Lovely garden with your own hands landscape tricks
Contents of step-by-step instructions:
The lawn is the basis of a beautiful garden
Even if the area on your site is filled with many bright fragrant flowers, without a lawn base, the garden will seem unkempt. It plays an important role in landscaping. Here are some of the main types of lawn:
- English.It will be very good if there are many walking paths in the summer cottage area. The English lawn is distinguished from others by its aesthetic qualities, as it is a delicate green grass. Walking on it is highly discouraged. It is capricious, because it requires constant trimming and a lot of light.
- Sports. This type of lawn is very practical. It is difficult to trample it down, so you can safely place a tennis court or a playground on the garden area. To avoid tearing in the grass, a dense substrate should be built.
- Lugovoi. It is sometimes referred to as Moorish. It is a collection of herbs and flowers, the length of which does not exceed ten centimeters. Such a base looks extremely picturesque, but you cannot walk on it. Mowing the Moorish lawn is also not recommended.
- Garden and park. One of the most convenient options, since it does not require special care and can grow in almost any area. It does not differ in special charm and softness.
- Universal. It can hardly be called very beautiful, but it is convenient to use such a lawn. It is sold in rolls along with sod soil and quickly takes root in a new place. The obvious disadvantage is the high price.
Drovishki, step by step!
If you like to sit by the fireplace or campfire, then you probably have a supply of firewood on your site. Most often, the logs are simply piled up, which, of course, takes up space and spoils the general appearance of the garden. Let's fix this and make a woodshed (a frame filled with logs), for example, in the form of a covered semicircular rotunda.
Woodshed in the form of a covered semicircular rotunda
You can also build a remarkable landscape object - a woodshed with a window.
Woodshed with window
Advice: the structure is not stable enough, so do not use glazed frames.
For more creative ideas, check out our 10 Creative Woodpile Ideas. And the article Where and how to store firewood in the country will tell you what is important to consider in order to fold the logs not only beautifully, but also conveniently.
What can be the flower beds?
Planting flowers is not difficult. The main difficulty lies in choosing the technique for their location. Here are some options for beautiful flower beds:
- Island. Several different colors (from three varieties) are planted on a certain plot of land. No fence required. Such a flower bed looks naturalistic and picturesque.
- Carpet. You need to choose seeds or seedlings of the same variety, but different colors. On the site, patterns are drawn in advance with a sharp object, and flowers of a certain shade are planted in each area. It is advisable to select plants with large flowers.
- Picture. The planting scheme is similar to the previous one, only several varieties of various colors can be applied. It is recommended that you first draw the picture on paper and then draw it on the ground. A certain type of plant is planted in each element of the figure.
- Curb. You can use it to frame paths and fences. It is advisable to use not too high varieties of plants. The difficulty lies in the uniformity of planting (the line of plants should be as even as possible). You can plant several rows at once.
- Water. It is framed by ponds and other artificial reservoirs. The goal is to plant moisture-loving plants so that they look as natural as possible.
- Fenced. It can be either in a container or inside a wooden, stone or other fence.
- Mono. Only one variety of flowers is planted in the selected area.
Some types of flower beds go well together. The photo below shows the union of a fenced and curb flower bed.
A sample of flower beds in the garden
All flower beds can be further divided according to color schemes:
- Variegated. Many tones and shades - that says it all. An excellent option for summer cottages without bright structures.
- Contrasting. There are two main colors in the flowerbed (orange plus purple, white plus burgundy, etc.).
- Monochrome.All shades of the planted flowers form one color (pale blue, bright blue, dark heavenly).
Video - we create a beautiful garden design with our own hands
Flower garden paintings
Rejuvenated (Sempervivum) is so unpretentious that it grows without problems even on a vertical surface.
Picture - flower garden
- Take a wooden frame and attach a coarse mesh on the back instead of glass.
- Then nail 4 strips around the perimeter of the frame - these will be the walls of the box for the substrate.
- Line the mesh with moss to keep dirt from spilling through the cells.
- Pour the substrate to the very edges of the planks, tamp and nail in a solid board - you get a box with earth in a frame, "glazed" with a grid.
- Turn the picture upside down, water the substrate and plant the young in the cells.
- Hang your masterpiece in a sunny spot and water the plants with a spray bottle.
And some more excellent publications on the topic:
- Adorable fat men: succulents and compositions with them
- Compositions of succulents for home and garden
- Eternally green rejuvenated: types, use, reproduction and care
- Mega Possibilities of Mini Plants
You can choose planting material for succulents in our catalog, which combines offers from large garden online stores and collectible varieties. Select planting material for succulents.
Secrets of creating a beautiful flower bed
Did you manage to find suitable types of flower beds and figure out how to place them on the site? Remember a few subtleties of creating flower arrangements:
- Consider flowering time. Having planted spring flowers in the same flower bed with autumn ones, the overall picture will not be picturesque.
- Water the flowers in containers often. If it has not rained for a long time, the roots of plants in pots will not have enough moisture.
- Pick flowers based on the location of the flower bed. If you want to brighten up the shaded area of your lot, do not purchase sun-loving plants. Also, do not give preference to flowers suffering from excessive moisture if you want to decorate the ground near an artificial reservoir.
- Do not plant side by side varieties that do not match or differ from each other in terms of requirements. If you plant a moisture-loving desert variety, it will be difficult to water. Check with consultants in stores about plant compatibility.
- Match colors correctly. The attached table will serve as a guide.
Garden structures - small architecture on a garden plot
Another stylistic decoration of the suburban area and a wonderful place for outdoor recreation are garden structures. Their openness facilitates free air circulation. These buildings are located on specially equipped sites, the creation of which must be taken care of in advance. You can decorate them with plants in hanging baskets, vertical landscaping and planting low-growing conifers around the perimeter. Stone compositions and garden accessories are also suitable.
Among such structures, the most common are:
- gazebos (covered small houses without inserted windows and doors). They are able to shelter from the burning sun and hide from the rain, without breaking the connection with nature. Pergolas, depending on the general style, come in wood, metal, glass, large and small. It all depends on the preferences of the owners;
- belvedere - one of the types of gazebos with lattice walls;
- arch - narrow construction. Serves rather as a decoration of the site. Entwined with plants, it can also become a shelter from the summer heat and rain;
- pergola is a volumetric structure that consists of several arches, woven from above with each other. A pergola is being built from wood, stone, metal. The pillars and roof of the pergola are usually decorated with climbing plants.
Garden design is an art that must be carefully planned and organized. The garden will delight you for many years if you follow the practical tips and photo ideas in this article.
Beautification of your favorite summer cottage in four years, or you just have to renovate the house.
I have already said more than once that my dacha came to me from my beloved parents. They are already at my age, but they continue to work. They didn't really want to take care of the site themselves, for some time it was completely abandoned, so the improvement of the dacha was entrusted to my husband and me. To be honest, we did not immediately notice any particular enthusiasm. I could come a couple of times a month and plant some flowers, my husband was also not eager, they came only for barbecue. But at some certain moment, probably, it happened to many, you understand that you really want to constantly breathe fresh forest air, dig in the ground, watch how your planted plants develop ... This is exactly what happened to me.
I wanted to put the whole plot in order, because after we abandoned it, there was nothing on it, except for the house and two old apple trees. My main mistake was (I realized this only now) that I had to plan everything first. And I grabbed at everything, and I still redo a lot or change places. Lack of experience, of course, played a role. There was no question of a major overhaul of the house 4 years ago. Only cosmetic was done inside. That was fine with us. And the first thing that appeared was a flower garden with peonies. Now it looks like this:
