New ideas for a dacha: simple and modern options for decorating a dacha using improvised materials

Advice from experienced summer residents

To make it simpler and easier to start arranging your dacha, you should take note of some advice from experienced summer residents:

1. First you need to write a plan and divide the dacha plot into all the desired zones.
2. You shouldn’t rush to throw away old things, because there are a lot of interesting ideas for making your own garden using unnecessary things.
3. All decorative items must be made in the same style and combine harmoniously with each other.
4. When designing original flower beds, you should make sure that they can be easily watered if necessary.
5. Try to make and place all products in such a way as to minimize injuries.

Crafts from bottles for the garden

Plastic forms up to 80% of the total mass of waste. It practically does not decompose (up to 500 years), but at the same time it has many valuable properties for needlewomen; thin, durable, flexible, colorful. And a great many things can be made from them.

Let's present the most interesting ideas from plastic bottles for the garden with your own hands with photos and descriptions.

Decorative figures

Creating simple figures from a bottle does not require much time and effort. The main thing in this matter is your imagination:

• Take an ordinary plastic bottle;
• All labels must be removed by first soaking them in water;
• Rinse the inside of the bottles and dry them;
• And then, use bottles of various shapes and create the desired shape;
• You can attach the parts to the base using glue;
• Sharp cutting edges must be processed over fire or applied to an iron;
• When the entire figure to be made is assembled, start painting with acrylic paints.

Flowerpots

It’s easy to build a flower pot from unnecessary plastic bottles:

• Wash and dry the bottle well;
• Using a sharp knife, cut out half of the side flat part to form a container;
• If necessary, ears, a tail, legs are made and attached to the cut out bottle;
• All that remains is to paint the resulting figure in the desired color.

Flowerbeds

If you have a lot of bottles, decorate your garden flower bed with your own hands. Photos and interesting ideas are posted here. For the flowerbed you need:

• The bottles must be the same size;
• Fill each bottle with sand for greater stability;
• When everything is ready, dig the bottles into an even row by about a third;
• Now you can paint your fence the color you want, but you can paint each bottle in advance.

Irrigation system

As you know, tomatoes do not like humid air and prefer drip watering. It's easy to organize using a plastic bottle:

• In a bottle, a hot nail or awl is used to make a hole in the bottom and bottom of the bottle;
• When planting tomatoes in the ground nearby, this bottle is dug to its full depth, sticking out to the surface 3-4 cm with its neck;
• Your task is to periodically add water to the bottle. Through the holes made, it will feed the root system of the plant.

It’s even easier to make a sprinkler:

• Several rows of holes are made in the bottle on one side;
• A hose is placed over the neck and wrapped tightly with electrical tape;
• When water is supplied under pressure, the jets fly several meters apart.

Bird feeders

It's very easy to make a bird feeder:

• Holes are cut in the bottle on opposite sides of the bottle. Moreover, on one side the hole is larger. You can make two holes at different levels of the bottle;
• A wooden spoon or spatula is inserted into the finished holes;
• Grain, seeds, small crackers are poured into the bottle;
• It should turn out that the smaller hole is closed with a stick, and food pours out of the larger hole onto a spoon or spatula;
• The feeder can be hung on a tree;
• The disadvantage of this feeder is that when it snows, the hole with the feed becomes covered with snow, the grain freezes and stops falling out.

In this case, the classic shape of a feeder, cut from a large square bottle, is suitable. It can be decorated and painted in the form of different toys.

Scoop

It is very convenient to make a scoop from an empty plastic bottle. Simply cut the bottle diagonally, lengthening the bottom.

Good scoops are obtained from under plastic containers with a handle (for example, from under fabric softener and synthetic oil). You need to cut off the bottom of the container diagonally, leaving the handle.

Broom

No one will argue that a broom is a useful thing not only in the garden. It is also easy and simple to make from plastic bottles:

• We take 5-7, or more, bottles of the same size. Better 2-3 liter;
• Cut off the bottom of each bottle;
• We put one aside, cut off the neck of the rest;
• And now we cut all the bottles without a bottom lengthwise into strips 1-1.5 cm wide;
• On the bottle with a neck we put all the other bottles without a neck;
• Another bottle is cut crosswise in half;
• On the upper part we make cuts on the sides, approximately 5-8 cm;
• We put this blank on the made broom, we get two necks side by side;
• We insert the stalk into both necks and secure it;
• The lower part, the pile, is flattened and sewn with wire.

Your imagination, a little ingenuity and a bunch of unnecessary trash will turn an unsightly area into a blooming garden. The main thing is not to be afraid to take on something new.

Original flower beds at the dacha

There is no dacha that doesn’t have at least one flower bed on it, and you want to decorate it as uniquely and originally as possible, so that you won’t be able to take your eyes off it.

Naturally, for a flower bed it is very important which plants and flowers will be planted in it, but also the design itself.

As the main material for decorating a flower bed, you can use various materials: plastic and glass bottles, stones, shoes, pieces of furniture, a car tire, a bucket, a watering can and even a bicycle...

Interesting idea for a garden

To make your garden look original, there are also a lot of great ideas. You can decorate it with handmade crafts. All available materials will be used.

Garden paths

They can be laid out from tiles, but we are not looking for standard solutions. Therefore, we take round-shaped logs and cut them in half to make a hemisphere. Next, everything is simple. We lay out the paths tightly, placing one log next to another. Can be placed either round or straight. You can also take regular boards. An excellent, natural option.

There is another idea. You will need mortar and tiles, natural stone, paving stones and more borders. It's simple - we first make the path around the perimeter using curbs. We lay out the shape of the trail from them in advance. Next, fill in the solution and lay out natural stone, tiles or other materials in any order.

You can use the most budget option - bottles. You need to take both plastic and glass. They are simply dug into the ground. You can pre-paint the bottles in different colors and then create a design. For you, the canvas is the soil, the paints are the bottles.

A very beautiful option is to use old cut trees for decoration and to create paths. The trunk can be varnished by placing it on the site, if it has an interesting shape, or cut into small circles, and then make paths.

You can also combine different methods in your area. Just be careful not to overdo it so that the garden doesn’t look tacky.

Shoe flowerbed

Beautiful photo ideas for a do-it-yourself garden using unnecessary things, namely shoes as a flower bed, very often arouse interest.

Making this type of flower bed will not be difficult, and it will not require too much time and materials. You can place either one or even a whole path on the site with such original mini-flower beds.

You can use any shoes, both adults and children, maybe in pairs, or not.

Photos of examples of arrangement

The selection of bright and original solutions, author's ideas for the garden and vegetable garden photos includes compositions made from improvised means and purchased materials.

Various unnecessary things and objects that can always be found on the farm are suitable for decorating your site.

Funny figures and flowerbeds of unusual shapes in a rustic style look no worse than orderly gardens and vegetable gardens based on the principle of French parks.

Rustic flowerbed made from willow twigs

Original decor of a blank brick fence using sewer pipes

A small fountain made from an old galvanized watering can

Beautifully stacked firewood can become a very attractive art object for a suburban area.

Garden ideas amaze with their variety, encourage creativity, and awaken imagination. I immediately want to start creating a unique landscape design on my own site. Everyone can make their garden and vegetable garden unique.

Flower bed made of dishes

Perhaps everyone has dishes that no one uses anymore, and in such cases they can be used to decorate a flower bed. There are many options for how to do this, but the most common are:

1. Take a large decorative pot as the base of a flower bed and cover it in a fairly orderly manner with pieces of broken dishes.
2. You can use the utensils themselves as a flower bed, for example a teapot, pan, mug.
3. Use plates as a border for a flower bed.

Tire flower bed

Car tire is the most popular material for flowerbed decoration. There are various options for creating a flower bed from this material, both the simplest and the most complex, which require considerable time.

The simplest option is to paint the tire in the desired color, place it on the ground, cover the inside with soil, and plant it with flowers.

Design of paths in the garden

There can be a large number of paths at the dacha and they can be decorated in one style or in several. For example, the path in the garden or to the recreation area can be made more original, brighter, and in the garden you can highlight it with the help of bottles or stones.

For the path to the garden you can use tires, flowerbeds made of shoes, decorative pots or figurines carved from wood...

Garden crafts made of stone

As a rule, stone is a free, easily accessible material that lies, literally, right under your feet. Any shape of stones, round pebbles, flat flagstones or shapeless cobblestones are suitable for crafts.

Garden figurines made of pebbles

Painted stones in the shape of insects and animals look impressive, especially when placed among the greenery of bushes or flower beds.

Making such a craft is not at all difficult:

• First, the round pieces need to be thoroughly washed and dried;
• Apply the selected design with a simple pencil;
• Paint with bright acrylic or fluorescent paints;
• Glue the stones together using cement glue in the form of an invented figure;
• To preserve the design and shine, the figurine is coated with varnish.

If you choose pebbles of the same size, you can build vases and flower pots. And a real mini castle made of stone built in the middle of the plot will simply create a sensation among the neighbors.

The manufacturing technique is simple:

• A large round, preferably flat, pebble is selected as the bottom. But you can take an iron tray from an old bucket, fill it with a layer of cement and lay it out with pebbles;
• A layer of cement several layers of pebbles high is applied to the side walls of the bucket or any other base;

• Pebbles are pressed into the cement layer in a certain order, creating a pattern;
• After the first few layers, you need to wait for the cement to bond, then apply the next layers of pebbles on them;
• To make a basket handle, you can take an iron strip or other flat, durable material. The strip is bent in an arc and inserted into the finished basket shape. Stones cemented together are laid out on the arc. You cannot lift the product by the handle;
• For the castle towers, you can take an old iron barrel or a plastic five-liter bottle.

Garden figurines made of flagstone

In general, flagstone comes from sandstone and slate. Both of these minerals have a weak structure and easily disintegrate and break. Making garden figures is difficult due to the fragility of the material. But thanks to its shape and flat, even sides, flagstone is ideal for laying out walls and paths. They decorate flower beds, rockeries, alpine slides, fountains, ponds, arches, paths. The flagstone is held together with cement to build the wall. On paths you can do without screeds.

Garden figurines made of cobblestones

These are stones of various shapes and sizes. They have been used in garden decoration for a long time. They are used to lay out the edges of flower beds, decorate walls, and masonry craftsmen make fireplaces and outdoor stoves.

You can simply paint the stone in the shape of a house:

• Wash it well and dry it;
• Using acrylic paints, paint a house and a roof;
• Let dry and varnish.

Path made of wood logs

At every dacha, logs appear from time to time and they can be used to design a path in the garden. To do this, it will be enough to cut them into rings, about 10-15 cm, and drive them halfway into the ground. It is only advisable to place them as close to yourself as possible, so that there are no large gaps. You can also design paths in the recreation area in this way.

Ideas for decorating garden beds

One of the latest ideas for a cottage and garden with your own hands from scrap materials is the design of vegetable beds and fruit trees.

To do this, you can use almost any materials, the main thing is to use your imagination. This is how plastic and glass bottles, tableware, corks from half wine or champagne are very often used...

A good idea is to use leftover bricks, boards or slate after renovation to create neat garden beds.

It is not necessary to take any materials to highlight the bed; you can combine cultivated plants with decorative ones, so the bed will look very beautiful and bright.

Crafts from tires for the garden

Another available material for crafts is tires (Car tires). They are of different sizes; if desired, you can choose the same tires and make different garden figures.

Important! In the heat, when heated, rubber begins to release harmful substances into the air that are toxic to humans, animals and plants. Caution should be exercised when placing rubber products in gardens where there are children.

Flowerbeds

To create a decorative flower bed, tires do not have to be the same shape and size. The multi-tiered flower bed looks beautiful:

• Select the necessary tires, paint each one;
• Place it in a flowerbed;
• The tires are fastened from the inside with self-tapping screws;
• Cover the tires with soil.

For extra strength of the flowerbed, soil can be poured into the entire interior space. This will maintain soil moisture and protect against heat.

If there is not much land, lay a piece of geotextile or chipboard on the bottom of the tire. This design will not be very stable.

Vases

You will have to work hard to make a flowerpot. This is done like this:

• First you need to draw the future petals with chalk. The width of the petals is no more than 12 cm, otherwise the shape of the flowerpot will be multifaceted and not round;
• Then cut out the petals with a knife or jigsaw;
• Turn the resulting top of the flowerpot inside out;
• The smallest piece of tire and iron wheel can be used as a flowerpot leg. All parts are secured with self-tapping screws;
• For painting it is better to use oil paint;
• The finished flowerpot can be filled with soil and flowers can be planted.

How to make a flowerbed from a tire: video

Advice!

To make the knife slide more easily on the rubber, it needs to be dipped in a soap solution. The rubber will become softer after lying in direct sunlight for a couple of hours.

Decorative figures

All figures are divided into two types: from cut and uncut tires.

What they don’t do from cut tires:

Parrots, roosters, crocodiles, dragons, dinosaurs, elephants, cranes, snails, even palm trees. What is enough imagination? Rubber blanks are cut, or the tire itself is cut lengthwise in a circle. The head, tail, and plumage are cut out from the central part of the tire. It depends on what kind of figure you have in mind. All parts of the rubber are fastened with self-tapping screws. Then they are painted with oil paint. It is more resistant to external influences.

Making a swan:

• Two semicircles are cut out on each side of the tire;
• From the central part with a protector (pattern), a tail is cut out on one side and a head on a long neck on the other side;
• The workpiece is turned in the opposite direction. It should look like the wings and tail are bent outward;
• To stabilize the neck, a wire is attached to it along its entire length.

All sorts of shapes are also made from uncut tires:

• As a rule, solid tires are fastened together, depicting the body of a figure, head, paws, legs;
• Additional parts, a tail, ears, are cut out of several individual tires;
• Assemble the figure, fastening all parts with self-tapping screws;
• A round piece of plywood or chipboard is also attached to the sides of each tire with self-tapping screws. This gives stability to the entire figure and fills the gap;
• The finished product is painted with oil paints.

DIY tire swan: video

Swing

Children will certainly appreciate this craft. For the swing you will need one tire.

1. A well-washed tire is cut on one side in a semicircle, the other side is cut off entirely, from the center to the tread pattern. Turn the tire with the pattern inside out, while inserting the part of the tire with the pattern behind the remaining sidewall, creating the seat and back of the swing. Chains or ropes are bolted to the finished seat. You can hang it.
2. A simpler option involves not cutting the tire, but attaching chains (3-4 pieces) to it and hanging it on a tree. Construction bolts are used for fastening.
3. Cut the tire into two parts crosswise. A board with handles is attached to each part at the cut site for convenience. It turns out to be a rocking chair.

Advice!

To avoid the smell of rubber when heated by the sun, the surface of the tire must be coated with paint. Outside and inside.

Pond

Amateur gardeners always wonder how to decorate a garden plot with their own hands using scrap materials. A homemade pond will be the highlight of your dacha.

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For a pond you need to use the largest tire. These are tires from heavy trucks, KamAZ:

• First you need to dig a hole of suitable depth and width;
• Both sidewalls of the tire are cut out, but it is better to leave a slight curve of the tire inward to ensure structural strength. Otherwise, the sides of the pond will simply collapse;
• Pour sand into the bottom of the hole and level it;
• We place the workpiece in the hole and bury it;
• We line the entire surface of the future pond with a durable film in several layers or a special covering material that does not allow water to pass through;
• The edges of the film are wrapped around the sides and secured with stones on top;
• The pond is ready, you can decorate and pour water.

DIY tire fountain: video

Bench for a summer residence

A bench for a summer house is the simplest and most basic item. You can make a bench with your own hands using different methods and methods. You can make a simple standard bench with or without a back, or you can have cup holders or a canopy, or place a small table on it...

The most popular material for making a bench with your own hands is wood. For a faster option, you can use unnecessary pallets; with their help it will be easier to complete this piece of furniture.

If there is no possibility or desire to make a canopy, then you can simply make a hole in the armrest of the bench so that you can attach a sun umbrella into it if necessary.

Rest zone

Alcove

You dream of a beautiful gazebo, but you don’t have the money to buy it. Do it yourself. A very simple option is to install a wooden frame. Cover it with sheathing. In this case, any available material will do, and then plant wild grapes around it. It is growing very quickly. Your frame will be covered with vines. A gazebo will not only be an excellent shelter from the sun, but also an absolutely natural option for relaxation.

Of course, you can work hard - buy boards, timber, draw a drawing. Then make your own individual gazebo.

Mini pond in the country

There are several ways to make a small pond in your summer cottage with your own hands. The simplest is to dig a shallow hole, cover it with a special construction film, and secure its edges tightly with large stones.

Collect water and place ornamental plants in the pond. It is worth considering that such a pond can easily be gnawed by a mole or rat if such animals are found in the area of ​​the dacha.

What to build for children at the dacha

If there are children in the family, then you should definitely set aside a play area for them at the dacha. There are a lot of interesting ideas for a vacation spot in the country for children of different ages.

So you can make a swing-hammock or a simple hanging swing, a swing-scale, a small playhouse, a sandbox, a table for creativity... If you wish, you can build an entire playground.

Decor elements for the garden

The best idea for your home and garden is to put old things into use, because you can use them to create various pieces of furniture, equip different areas with them, and also make unique decorative elements.

The most popular items that can be used as additional decor in a summer cottage:

• bird feeders;
• decorative lamps or candlesticks;
• various figurines, a garden scarecrow;
• fountain.

Photo taken from the site: https://podelunchik.ru/podelki-iz-gipsa

An interesting idea for arranging a dacha recreation area would be decor with soft pillows, a bench covered with flowers. An example of such arrangement is in the photo below:

It is also a very good idea to make various flowers from plastic bottles and other plastic utensils, depict animals and place them on the territory of the dacha.

A dacha is a place where, using your imagination to the maximum from simple improvised or unnecessary materials, you can create a beautiful and original place to relax not only physically, but also with your soul.

DIY garden design ideas, 40 photos

Multifunctionality is the main feature of modernity, so today we will talk about interior design ideas that are applicable not only inside the house, but also in the garden. In this article you will find practical tips regarding the design of private gardens.

Start with coverage

Every idea regarding both the interior decoration of the house and the garden needs a good foundation, and in this case we are talking about garden covering. Whether it is a lawn or a garden path, they must be made with high quality and last for years. There are many materials and their combinations here, and in the photo below we have presented some of them.

The combination of stone and moss creates a feeling of comfort

Combination of paving stones and gravel

Stylish and functional coverage

Zone your garden

Good zoning adds advantages to any environment. When thinking about the landscape design of a garden, this is often forgotten, but in vain. Create a space in the garden for family meals, games, relaxation, etc. Perhaps you need a reading nook or work area? Why not organize them outdoors!

You can zone using color

Unusual combination: rattan and wood

Add variety to your garden design with accessories

Add decorative elements to your garden to freshen up the space without making any fundamental changes. And the rule that is true for interior decoration also applies outside: the way you organize the space around you reveals your individuality. So be brave and surprise yourself and your guests! Fill your garden with unusual items! If you often have guests, you can install a modular photo booth - the pleasure, of course, is not cheap, but the pleasant emotions from photographs on paper that you have just taken are worth any money.

Beautiful accessories are always in place

The carpet has a place not only in the house

Textiles in garden design

Photo of garden landscape design using ornamental plants

Make sure you have good lighting

Light is needed for many reasons: for safety, for zoning the garden, and simply for beauty. Illuminated trees, garlands and illuminated paths always look very nice.

Step lighting

Photo ideas of unusual country house ideas