Perhaps every owner of a private house dreams that the outside of the home always looks beautiful and presentable. The unusual design of the external part of the cottage gives it a special coziness. The owners of the land show their own imagination and implement various decorating ideas.
The recommendations described below will allow you to understand in more detail how to decorate the facade of your house for the New Year with your own hands. With the help of ornamental plants, as well as New Year's paraphernalia, it will be easier to decorate the outside of the cottage.
Where can I get ideas for decorating my yard?
In order to come up with an interesting or unusual way to decorate a yard in a private house, you don’t need to rack your brain for hours. Today it’s easy to go online and look at photos of a decorated yard.
But you shouldn’t completely copy other people’s concepts; it’s enough to arm yourself with a lot of ideas and come up with your own unique design.
It is best if each family member offers their own version of decoration and participates in its implementation. Ideas can be the simplest and even banal, but with the help of ordinary things you can also beautifully and stylishly prepare the yard for the long-awaited celebration.
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How to decorate a private yard?
The yard can be decorated with decorative elements, lighting, stones and other items. You can also buy hammocks, chairs, or build a gazebo or fountain for your yard.
If we are talking about preparing the yard for some kind of celebration, then it is better to decorate the yard with a lot of flowers, make an arch, add more light, hang balloons and flags.
Do not overuse a large number of different colors and shades. All colors should be in harmony with natural green. It is preferable to use bright colors. For example, white, purple, blue, yellow and others.
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And a few more touches to the portrait of your country house. Don’t rush to scrap your leaky tin troughs, watering cans, basins and buckets; they will still serve you well!
With a little creative effort, a retro fountain like this or an unusual accent can appear in your courtyard, drawing attention to the flower bed laid out in the front garden.
How to decorate the yard of a private house with your own hands?
In order to make the courtyard of a private house pleasing to the eye, there is no need to seek the help of specialists. Everything can be done with your own hands.
First you need to develop a rough design for the yard. Choose a place to place decorative elements, choose colors and decide on the general concept. You also need to decide whether you will make decorative elements yourself or contact a special store.
For making decorative elements yourself, the following may be suitable: old tires, beach umbrellas, sun loungers, chairs, empty bottles and others.
Interior items and garden utensils in floral arrangements
A shady landscaped garden and a rustic-style house mean appropriate decoration. Cute and original floral arrangements using old baguette frames, a wooden stepladder and even out-of-print chairs will organically fit into the given theme.
An old wooden barrel as a planter, a birdcage with textured succulents planted in it, or improvised hanging structures can transform your yard in the most unexpected way.
How can you decorate your yard?
- To prevent guests and residents of the house from trampling the lawn and harming the plants, you can make a path of stones. The stones are laid out randomly, they can be of different sizes and located at different distances from each other. You can also use broken tiles.
- The path can be made from boards. They are simply laid on the ground and covered with paint or varnish.
- For flowers to grow beautifully, it is best to plant them in flowerbeds made by yourself. Usually old tires are used for this. They are pre-painted or decorated with decorative elements.
- Ordinary glass bottles are hung at different heights. They are decorated with light bulbs or flowers.
- You can make a gazebo from available items. You will need: an ordinary beach umbrella and old tires. Tires are used as a table and chairs, and the table protects from the sun's rays.
- A beautiful table is made using old drawers. They are pre-painted or varnished.
Original ideas for decorating the facade of a house
It won’t be difficult to decorate the front of your house with your own hands if you show a little imagination on New Year’s Eve. It is important to use different colors and tinsel when decorating. The decoration in the form of New Year's sleighs and deer installed on the roof looks very beautiful.
Decorating buildings for the New Year will not be complete without festive wall decorations. You need to hang several Christmas boots at the entrance, which, if desired, are decorated with Christmas tree bouquets and various compositions.
It is important to decorate a room using large wreaths made from pine cones, fir branches, wine corks or other elements.
Garland
Thanks to this item, you can elegantly decorate the facade of the building, as well as the terrace and porch. A very unusual idea is to post the number 2022 using a garland on the wall of a building. At night, those around you will be able to admire the light of New Year's lights from afar.
A beautifully decorated Christmas tree in the yard will look original. Flashing lights will effectively decorate your local area if you use them to create figures in the form of deer, snowmen or Santa Claus. Contour lighting of the cottage (as described above) will make the building stand out among many others.
During the decorating process, garlands are selected in one color (or the surrounding area can shine with multi-colored lights). In a specialized store you can choose devices where the light changes every minute, thanks to which the house will always look new.
Figures
The best option for decorating the yard would be snowman figures. You can purchase a ready-made version in a store or make your own decoration. In the second case, you will have to spend a lot of time, but the end result will please the home owners. You need to use plastic cups for these purposes.
You can supplement your plot of land with the help of gift boxes. It’s easy to make a figurine of a suitable size if you have old boxes in the house. Simply decorate the box with wrapping paper and secure a ribbon and a large bow on top.
LED strips will become the main element in the design of a personal plot if you place them on top of the figures. At night, the snowman, gift boxes and other figures will be beautifully illuminated.
Balls and toys
Christmas balls can become either a separate decorative element or complement existing paraphernalia. If there are flowerpots with Christmas trees on the veranda, then with the help of balls you can decorate the tree elegantly. You can decorate an arch on the terrace or the front door with New Year's toys. If you choose different colored balls, you will be able to create a beautiful whole composition.
It is important to use large toys when decorating the Christmas tree in the yard. It is best to decorate a tree with waterproof and unbreakable products. You can make homemade toys from nuts, cones and twigs if the cottage owner has time for this. They will look organic both on the Christmas tree and will allow you to decorate the doorway in an unusual way.
Tinsel
The most economical and simplest option to decorate the facade of a building is to use New Year's tinsel.
You need to purchase rain of various colors and sizes from a toy store (it all depends on the tastes of the home owner). It is important to use both tinsel, selected in one color scheme, and to combine several shades with each other in decorating a cottage.
If the porch is decorated with railings, then they can be beautifully wrapped in rain. You can also use tinsel to decorate columns (if they are on the terrace). It is better to hang a New Year's garland on the front door and windows. You can also decorate a Christmas tree in the yard with the help of New Year's toys and tinsel.
Fir branches
The most popular element when creating holiday decor is live fir branches. They are convenient to use when preparing various New Year's compositions. Using fir branches, you can make your own wreath for the door; you just need to supplement it with pine cones, satin ribbons and berries.
When making an arch for the veranda, you should use fir branches and toys, or purchase a ready-made decoration in the store. Inventive home owners can use branches to decorate windows and decks.
Stickers
Another inexpensive option to quickly decorate your home is Christmas stickers. You can find this item in the store to suit every taste. Fans of fairy-tale characters can decorate their house with Santa Claus, a snowman, Father Frost, Snow Maiden, deer or hares.
It will be easy to buy stickers in the store with a themed image of the main animal of the year. The congratulatory inscription on the picture will also create the right mood.
The easiest way is to place the sticker at the entrance to the door. If you stick a stencil on the windows, the house will also be transformed in a matter of minutes. Children will be happy to take part in the decorating process and decorate their home with their own hands.
Ribbons
You can use this decorative element to create a festive composition or as a separate decoration. Using gift ribbons, you can simply make large bows and hang them on the staircase railing, fence, or secure them at the front door. A composition made from fir branches and ribbons will look quite harmonious.
Thanks to bright satin ribbons, you will be able to make your own Christmas wreath for the door. If you hang additional Christmas balls or bells on the circle, the product will have a complete look. Using satin ribbons, it’s easy to make a decoration in the form of a New Year’s arch or decorate a terrace.
Socks and other paraphernalia
A favorite among adults and children, the Christmas stocking decoration is always associated with the holiday. Selecting this element is relevant for decorating the front door.
A composition of several multi-colored socks that are attached to the door will look creative. If you choose a product that depicts deer or Santa Claus, then such decor will look organic.
You can decorate the porch of your house with other New Year’s attributes:
- sledding With the help of this children's device you can assemble a whole composition if you decorate them with fir branches and cones on top;
- candlestick. You can make this element yourself or purchase it at a decor store;
- skates. If you have an old pair of shoes in the house, just hang them on a hook by the door to create a festive mood. In the middle of the skates you need to place a bouquet made from fir branches, cones and berries.
Of course, these are not all the options for decorating a cottage. It all depends on the imagination and taste preferences of the owners.
Having considered all of the above options and photos with ideas, it will be much easier to decide how to decorate the facade of the house for the holidays. You can always find ready-made New Year's attributes in the store or make them yourself.
How to decorate your yard for a wedding?
A wedding is the most important holiday for two happy people who decided to create their own social unit. Girls always take a responsible approach to preparing a celebration and want their holiday to be the best and most memorable.
Usually, in order to decorate the yard for a wedding, special people are invited who develop the design in advance and take on all the work. But it is very expensive and the result may not be exactly what you expect.
Weddings in a private home are usually celebrated in the summer. This is a European version, according to which guests are placed outside, and an arch decorated with flowers is made for the newlyweds.
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