2021 ᐈ

Furniture, windows, doors in the interior

The easiest way to use wood is to abandon plastic frames, install wooden doors, and purchase furniture made from solid wood. This material has the ability to breathe.

Wooden frames on the windows will help maintain a pleasant living atmosphere in the room.

A furniture set made of natural wood can give any apartment a feeling of good quality, prosperity, and act as an independent home decoration. True, not everyone can afford such luxury. However, even a few items can change the look of a modern apartment.

They look very advantageous in any interior:

a coffee table, the surface of which is decorated using marquetry techniques or cuttings of valuable wood;
a chair hollowed out of solid wood;
wooden stands for house plants;
open shelves.

Therefore, if it is not possible to furnish your home with expensive furniture, it is enough to purchase one or two products, or decorate existing furniture using decorative wood for the interior with your own hands.

When it comes to doors, there are many options.

In order to isolate rooms, you can install:

Solid doors made of natural boards;
Canvas composed of slats;
Doors with glazing;
Sliding doors;
Screen doors in the common room, folding like an accordion.

The last two options can significantly save space in small rooms. You can make such doors yourself, or order them from an experienced craftsman.

Do-it-yourself wood in the interior: advantages

Since wood is one of the natural materials, it has many advantages for making various items with your own hands:

Environmental Safety. Can be used in the interior of any room without harm to health. In addition, according to popular belief, wood has the ability to heal - for example, aspen dies relieve inflammation, and oak dies give strength to a weakened body.

It’s practically free: it’s literally lying under our feet - snags and dried tree branches that can be found in the nearest forest will be used. Summer residents most often burn waste resulting from cleaning and thinning the garden.

Or you can not burn all these pieces of wood, but make beautiful accessories out of them that can add individuality to your interior, giving it its own soul.

The ability to create wood decor with your own hands. Nature is unique, and you will not find two absolutely identical branches. Therefore, when working with natural materials, you create unique things every time that will give your home its own special style and appeal.

In addition, there will be a reason to brag to your friends about your imagination and skillful hands.

Architectural compositions of trees and shrubs

Designing architectural compositions of green spaces presents significant difficulties due to the “dynamism” (continuous change) of plant material.

The planned combinations of size, shape and color of plants should be timed to coincide with a certain period of their development, usually the period of maximum development, when these indicators stabilize for most plants.

The difficulty is that, when operating with young plant material with certain decorative and biological properties, it is necessary to provide for such combinations and placement at the time of planting that would ensure: a) the normal development of all the plants that make up the complex and b) the implementation of the architectural plan by the established time.

In the examples of architectural wood compositions given below, the greatest attention is paid to groups, as the main elements of a garden and park ensemble, and less to solitaires, in the selection and placement of which there are no great difficulties.

Solitaires.

With regard to the design of single plantings (solitary plants) of trees and shrubs, the following considerations can be made.

Among deciduous (deciduous and evergreen), as well as coniferous tree species, there is a wide variety of species and forms that can be used as tapeworms.

Specimens of tree species used as tapeworms are required to be highly decorative, and their placement requires good visibility (availability of viewing).

Smaller specimens, as well as species with an original leaf pattern (for example, dissected leaves), are placed on the lawn in the foreground, closer to the paths. Tapeworms that have an original crown shape (pyramidal, weeping), as well as brightly colored leaves (golden, red, white-variegated), visible from a distance, can be placed in the background, further from the paths.

Finally, large trees with a powerful crown, the silhouette of which is visible from a long distance, can be placed in the depths of the clearings, at a considerable distance from the paths.

The selection of one or another specimen as a tapeworm is dictated by considerations of the general composition of plantings and architectural structures in a given area of the park: the desire to provide a bright spot, accentuate the original form, or, finally, emphasize a detail of an architectural structure with openwork lace foliage.

Tapeworms can also be trees and shrubs that are part of nearby groups and arrays, but are moved separately from them to an open place in order to show in detail one of the elements included in the composition of these groups and arrays.

When placing tapeworms, you must also take into account the background against which they will be viewed.

Small solitaires among the vastness of the open space are projected against the green background of the lawn; for the crowns of larger specimens, the background will be the openings of the sky or (more often) groups and arrays of green spaces.

The color of the green space that serves as the background for the tapeworms should be either neutral or contrasting with the color of the tapeworm crown.

Thus, a birch tree with its light green foliage and white trunk will stand out well as a tapeworm against the dark green background of a spruce plantation; such a background will retain its decorative value in winter.

Blue-shaped tapeworms of prickly spruce or Colorado fir are very impressive against the light (yellowish-green) background of the birch group, especially in autumn, when the leaves of the birch are painted in golden-yellow tones.

It should be noted that in some cases it is possible to achieve an original interpretation of the tapeworm tree by surrounding it with a low shrub, the shape and color of which emphasize the texture and color of the tapeworm trunk and crown. For example, the creeping Cossack juniper, surrounding (at some distance) the base of a birch trunk, more clearly emphasizes with its dense dark green needles the whiteness of the birch trunk, the openwork of its crown and the light green color of the foliage.

Tapeworms of Amur velvet, bird cherry, Maak's bird cherry, and mountain ash can be effectively bordered at the base by spirea sharp-toothed, graceful, yellow acacia Lorberg, Albert's honeysuckle, and common honeysuckle.

Groups.

Let us consider separately the following types of composition of tree groups:

a) compositions of pure (homogeneous) groups

, simple and complex in shape (with tiered canopy);

b) compositions of mixed (diverse) groups

, simple and complex in shape.

1. Examples of composition of pure (homogeneous) groups:

A. Single-tier groups

There are many examples of compositions of groups of this type, often found in gardens and parks. These are the same-age groups of spruce, larch, pine, white acacia, oak, horse chestnut, Norway maple, and linden.

Each of these groups is characterized by the presence of one canopy of crowns, located almost in the same plane and having a uniform silhouette of trees (giving a uniform silhouette to the entire group) with the same texture and color of the crowns.

However, despite the uniformity of the construction of such groups, each of them has its own characteristic features, reflecting the decorative features of the rocks that make up the group.

The following variants of groups of this type can be distinguished.

According to the shape (silhouette) of the crown:

a) groups with a rounded silhouette of crowns, for example, from horse chestnut, Norway maple, linden, Italian pine, Scots pine, plane tree, larch (old plantings);

b) groups with a pointed crown silhouette, for example, spruce, fir, evergreen pyramidal cypress, pyramidal poplars.

Species with pointed or narrow vertically elongated crowns, collected in compact groups of the same species, can be used to add dynamism to the park landscape, as well as to create an accent at the entrances to parks and architectural structures.

According to the structure (density) of crowns:

a) groups with dense crowns, for example, of pedunculate oak, horse chestnut, linden, Norway maple, sycamore maple, and large-flowered magnolia;

b) groups with crowns of medium density - pine, black walnut, gray walnut, aspen, sycamore, white poplar, black poplar;

c) groups with openwork crowns - from albizia (Lenkoran acacia), honey locust, ailanthus, white acacia, birch, rowan.

B. Multi-tiered groups

In groups composed of one breed, “multi-tiered” crowns (i.e., the arrangement of the crowns of individual specimens that make up a group are not in the same horizontal plane) is achieved when the specimens of a given breed that make up the group are of different ages.

In this case, a more dynamic silhouette of the crowns of the entire group is formed. By appropriate arrangement of specimens of different ages, symmetry or asymmetry of the overall composition of the group can be achieved.

With a symmetrical composition, it is good to plant the tallest (adult) specimens in the center of the group, and the remaining specimens in order of height, decreasing from the center to the periphery of the group.

If there are sufficiently sharp differences in the age of the planting material (from 3-5 to 15-20 years), the silhouette of the group constructed in this way will persist for a very long time and only in old age will it gradually level out.

The use of single-breed groups should be especially recommended for parks whose composition consists of a large number of groups. This will avoid excessive diversity and multiplicity of elements that are inevitable when using multi-breed groups.

2. Examples of compositions of mixed (diverse) groups

When compiling groups of different breeds, numerous combinations of species are possible, allowing you to create groups that are contrasting in the size of the plants, the shape of their crowns, and the color of the leaves.

Heterogeneous groups can be composed either of representatives of only coniferous, deciduous deciduous or deciduous evergreen species, or of a mixture of them.

When constructing groups of different species, especially in several tiers, it is necessary to take into account the relationship of tree species to light, placing light-demanding species in the upper tier, and shade-tolerant species in the lower tiers.

The selection of species for mixed groups depends on the climatic and soil conditions of the site, as well as on the architectural design.

When constructing groups, it is necessary to take into account that the volume, silhouette and color of a separate group are not self-sufficient, but that each group represents only a link in the overall architectural ensemble of the park, its volumetric solution as a whole, a detail of the overall silhouette, a harmonious spot in the color scheme of all plantings of the park .

The following examples of the composition of mixed groups can be given.

A. Single-tier groups of deciduous deciduous species

To create such groups, it is necessary to select breeds that grow approximately equally quickly and reach approximately the same maximum sizes.

For the middle zone, such a group can, for example, be composed of specimens of pedunculate oak, Norway maple and small-leaved linden of the same age.

For the south, groups with an openwork canopy will include specimens of ailanthus, white acacia, honey locust, and sophora, also of the same age.

B. Multi-tiered groups of deciduous deciduous species

The construction of multi-tiered multi-breed groups provides great scope for combinations both by selecting breeds with different growth rates and different ages.

The following examples of constructing groups in this category can be given:

a) Forest type groups

two- and three-tier. For example: in the first tier there is pedunculate oak, in the second tier there is field maple (or hornbeam in the western regions), in the third tier there is common hazel (black elderberry or warty euonymus).

b) Groups of rocks of different heights with rounded crowns.

For example: in the center of the group is pedunculate oak (or beech in the south), to the right and left of it are placed, in order of decreasing height, small-leaved linden (L. Crimean or L. large-leaved), field maple, berry apple tree (I. Siberian) or plum-leaved apple tree, Tatarian maple, Tatarian honeysuckle.

Drawing. A group of trees of different heights with rounded crowns:

1 - pedunculate oak: 2 - small-leaved linden: 3 - field maple; 4 - apple berry tree; 5 - Tatarian maple; 6 - Tatarian honeysuckle

c) Groups of rocks of different heights with rounded contrasting crowns.

For example: 1) large-leaved linden (norway maple or horse chestnut, 2) weeping white willow (or weeping birch), 3) Hungarian (or common) lilac, 4) common rowan, 5) weeping white mulberry (or weeping ash) .

Drawing. A group of trees of different heights with rounded contrasting crowns:

1 - large-leaved linden; 2 - white willow, weeping form; 3 - Hungarian (or common) lilac; 4 - rowan; 5 - white mulberry, weeping form.

d) Groups of rocks of different heights with contrasting crowns of different shapes

. A group of this type can be composed of the following breeds:

for central Russia: 1) Berlin poplar (or one of Yablokov’s hybrid pyramidal poplars), 2) Norway maple, 3) elm, 4) white weeping willow, 5) common lilac, 6) ginnala maple;

for the southern strip of Russia and Ukraine: 1) black pyramidal poplar, 2) white globular acacia, 3) horse chestnut, 4) Babylonian willow, 5) Persian lilac, 6) palm maple;

for the Far South of our country (Black Sea coast of the Caucasus): 1) pyramidal cypress, 2) globular laurel, 3) grandiflora magnolia, 4) silver acacia (dealbata), 5) Japanese camellia, 6) oleander.

Drawing. A group of trees of different heights with crowns of different shapes:

1 - Berlin poplar; 2 - Norway maple, spherical shape; 3 - elm; 4 - white willow, weeping form; 5 - common lilac; 6 - ginnala maple.

A more compact group of the same type can be composed of the following species: 1) pyramidal cypress, 2) grandiflora magnolia or holm oak, possibly false camphor laurel, 3) common cherry laurel, 4) bay viburnum, 5) evergreen compact boxwood.

Drawing. A more compact version of a group of trees of different heights with crowns of different shapes: 1 - evergreen cypress, pyramidal shape; 2 - magnolia grandiflora: 3 - common cherry laurel; 4 - viburnum laurel; 5 - evergreen boxwood or biota (thuja) orientalis (compact forms)

e) Contrasting groups of rocks with pyramidal and weeping crowns

in the south: 1) pyramidal black poplars (or pyramidal cypresses) and 2) Babylonian or white willow;

in the middle zone: 1) Berlin poplar and 2) weeping white willow.

Drawing. Contrasting group of rocks with pyramidal and weeping crowns:

1 - pyramidal poplars; 2 - white willow, weeping form.

f) Groups of large-leaved species of different heights

1) American or Manchurian linden, paulownia (in the south), 2) bignonia catalpa or magnificent catalpa, 3) common viburnum, 4) large-flowered hydrangea paniculata or large-leaved hydrangea (in the south).

Drawing. Group of large-leaved tree species of different heights:

1 - American or Manchurian linden; 2 — bignonia catalpa; 3 - common viburnum: 4 - paniculata hydrangea

g) A group of rocks of different heights with an openwork (through) crown

: 1) white acacia, honey locust or albizia (Lenkoran acacia) - for the south, 2) common mountain ash, 3) mountain ash (spirea) or rough deutzia, 4) golden shower broom, 5) yellow weeping acacia or silver standard ashberry , 6) Japanese spirea, Thunberg spirea, or middle pyraea.

Drawing. A group of tree species of different heights with openwork crowns:

1 - white acacia or honey locust; 2 - common rowan: 3 - mountain ash; 4 — broom “golden shower”; 5 — yellow acacia, weeping form; 6 - Japanese spirea

B. Single-tier groups of conifers with rounded contours

Example: Scots pine, Weymouth pine, Italian pine (pinia), western larch.

D. Multi-tiered groups of conifers with different crowns

For example: the first tier is Scots pine, the second tier is common spruce or Siberian fir, the third tier is common juniper (the second tier should not be dense in order to provide light to the third tier).

For the southern regions (the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus and the southern coast of Crimea): the first tier is Sabina pine or Himalayan pine (s. high); the second tier is giant thuja, the third tier is yew berry.

For the southern regions, it is possible to build a multi-tiered coniferous group with a strongly pronounced (“dynamic”) vertical silhouette of the crowns.

Example 1. 1) Himalayan cedar, 2) blue Atlas cedar, 3) evergreen pyramidal cypress, 4) Himalayan spruce.

Drawing. A group of coniferous trees of different heights with crowns of different shapes:

1 - Himalayan cedar; 2 - Atlas cedar, blue form; 3 - evergreen cypress, pyramidal shape; 4 - Himalayan spruce

Example 2. 1) Himalayan cedar, 2) Spanish blue fir, 3) evergreen pyramidal cypress, 4) oriental spruce.

When creating coniferous groups, it is necessary to take into account not only the shape of the crowns, but also the color of the needles, the successful selection of which allows you to obtain very decorative groups even with crowns of the same type in shape. And in this case, the effect of the composition will be enhanced by constructing not a flat, with sluggish contours, but a contrasting, dynamic silhouette of tree crowns in groups.

Example I. 1) Colorado fir, 2) silver spruce, 3) golden-variegated thuja, 4) compact white-variegated thuja.

Example 2. 1) common spruce, 2) blue spruce, 3) compact golden thuja, 4) silver Lawson cypress.

Groups that combine coniferous and deciduous species are very impressive.

Classic in its contrasting combination of shape and color is a mixed group of Scots spruce and warty or downy birch. Such combinations are often found naturally in the middle and northern zones.

Since birch is a light-loving species, and spruce is shade-tolerant, the upper tier should be created from birch, and spruce should be planted under it.

This combination is very decorative. The snow-white trunks of birch trees, their delicate light green foliage, and the delicate general appearance of the weeping form of the birch are emphasized by the dark needles and dark color of the bark of straight trunks and the tiered arrangement of spruce branches.

The combination of birch and spruce, however, is not particularly durable, since over time (by 80-100 years) the growth of birch in height stops, while the more durable spruce continues to grow and catches up in height and then overtakes birch. Once under the canopy of a spruce plantation, the light-loving birch, which by that time has already become decrepit, quickly dies, and the birch-spruce plantation turns into a spruce one.

However, birch and spruce plantings are so beautiful that the inclusion of such groups in the park ensemble is quite justified, even with the relatively short existence (up to 100 years) of such a composition.

The same decorative effect is achieved by combining birch with Siberian fir or birch with cedar pine (Siberian cedar); the latter is also slow growing and has compact dark green needles.

A two-tier group of Scots pine (fast-growing, light-loving) and Scots spruce (slow-growing, shade-tolerant) or larch and spruce is based on the same principle of contrasts of shape and color and biological characteristics (speed of growth, attitude to light).

Small groups of hardwoods and softwoods can be composed of a minimum of two specimens; such groups are good in small gardens and parks. Examples of constructing such groups:

for the middle zone: 1) common spruce, 2) birch or: 1) Siberian fir and 2) rowan;

for the south: 1) Numidian fir, 2) silver acacia.

Drawing. Complex group of coniferous and deciduous species:

1 - common spruce; 2 - common birch: 3 - common pine; 4 - common rowan: 5 - common viburnum; 6 - mountain ash; 7 - Douglas spirea (or willow leaf).

In the same picture, the group on the right also mainly consists of two trees: 3) Scots pine (or Italian pine - for the southern coast of Crimea and the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus), 4) rowan (strawberry - for the Far South), 5) common viburnum ( laurel-leaved viburnum - for the south), 6) mountain ash (Rhododendron - for the south).

It is also necessary to dwell on the role of shrubs in the composition of groups.

Shrubs can be effectively included in compositions of multi-tiered groups as a low-growing element that emphasizes the scale of taller trees, as well as contrasts in shape and color. Most often, shrubs are used to create the lower tier of a group - undergrowth, which, in addition to decorative, also has important biological (soil-protective) significance.

Undergrowth in shape and color can enhance the decorative effect of groups, especially when using shade-tolerant flowering shrubs or conifers with dense dark green needles.

The following spectacular examples of the use of undergrowth can be cited. In the middle zone, a birch group with an undergrowth of Cossack juniper or a group of Scots pine with an undergrowth of common juniper is good.

In the southwestern and southern regions there is a beautiful group of deciduous trees with an undergrowth of yew berry.

Rhododendrons are especially effective as undergrowth. They develop well and bloom under the drafty crowns of light-loving species, for example, under the canopy of a pine forest. Such an undergrowth can be created not only in the south, but also in more northern regions from cold-resistant species of rhododendrons (Daurian rhododendron, Kamchatka rhododendron).

In the south (western Transcaucasia, southern coast of Crimea), evergreens can be used as undergrowth in deciduous and some coniferous plantings: holly, cherry laurel, boxwood.

For northern parks and forest parks, red elderberry is effective as an undergrowth, especially during the fruiting period; it can form an excellent undergrowth in pine plantations, being content with poor sandy soils.

The use of shrubs in the edges is even more effective.

The edge is used to create a smooth transition from the vertical surfaces of the group to the plane of open space, which in some cases is desirable.

However, the compositional role of the edge does not end there. Its shape, texture and color can also have an independent decorative value as an important element of the composition of the entire group.

To appreciate the very great decorative value of the edge of tree groups, it should be taken into account that most shrubs used to create an edge bloom profusely and spectacularly, have bright autumn leaves and decorative fruits.

For the contour of the edge (as well as the entire group), sinuous outlines are preferred, forming either “toes” protruding into the clearing, or “coves” recessed into the edge. This outline gives the group a picturesque naturalness and provides a play of light and shadow.

The edge can be formed in a more complex manner - not from one bush belt, but from two (or more) with the inclusion of low trees. The arrangement of trees and shrubs in the edge is carried out in the most picturesque way, selecting trees and shrubs of different heights, and the trees are placed in its second (inner) belt.

In some cases, more strict, molded contours of the edge may be required.

Drawing. A group of trees with a molded edge:

1 - Italian pine; 2 - Japanese euonymus; 3 - boxwood; 4 - cherry laurel.

The edge can frame not only large groups, but also small groups and even isolated trees - tapeworms.

Drawing. Single-tiered shrub edge

around a tapeworm (right) and a group of trees (left)

Drawing. Two-tiered bush edge around a group of trees.

The following shrubs and low trees are suitable for forest edges:

Deciduous shrubs - Japanese quince, amorpha, yellow acacia, common hawthorn and other species of this genus, red elderberry, black elderberry, Tatarian honeysuckle, common serviceberry, common viburnum, Tatarian maple, ginnala maple, common dogwood, lagerstroemia, angustifolia elk, silver euphemum , broom "golden shower", wild roses (rose hips), mountain ash, lilac - different types, white sedum, sucker sedum, spirea (meadowsweet) - different types, forsythia, mock orange, exochorda.

Evergreen shrubs - abelia, Japanese privet, shiny privet, primrose jasmine and other types of true jasmines, strawberries, laurel viburnum and other types of evergreen viburnums, Chinese camellia, Japanese camellia, cotoneaster (various types), sweet olive, oleander, holly, Tobira pittosporum and pittosporum variegated, rhododendrons - evergreen species, photinia serrata, choisia (choisia) trifoliate, eupatorium riverine, etc.

Forward

Home decorations made from wood slices

Anyone who knows how to hold a hammer and other simple tools in their hands can process wood with their own hands for the interior in order to obtain a suitable material. The wood can be cleared of bark in advance, or left in its original form - it all depends on what types of wood you have and where you are going to stick the wooden dies.

Here are just a few ideas where regular wood cuts can be useful in the interior:

finishing the walls with sections of logs;
furniture manufacturing;
decoration of individual pieces of furniture with wooden dies of various diameters.

DIY wood decor for walls

If you decide to use wood to decorate the walls, you can do it in two ways:

cover the surface of one or all walls in the room with wooden dies;
select a separate section of the wall and decorate it in the form of a panel.

The first option is not suitable for every room - it will fit better into the interior of a veranda, corridors, country-style kitchen or home bathhouse. But to decorate a separate section of the wall, you can show all your imagination.

It can be:

Kitchen apron or panel above the work area. Beautiful saw cuts are obtained from different types of wood - apple, pear, plum, cherry, walnut, ash, where each has its own unique color. All you have to do is sand the surfaces of the dies well and cover the bright canvas with a protective layer of colorless varnish.

In the interior of a children's room, beautiful panels made of wooden saw cuts, made in the form of stylized butterflies, flowers or an entire fairy-tale landscape, are appropriate.

To decorate the walls of a spacious corridor, you can take wooden driftwood found in the forest, treated by time and nature. If you make cuts from them, leaving one side untouched, then you will have strange flowers on one of the walls, each of which will be unique in its natural beauty.

Tree branches in the interior: how to decorate a house with your own hands

Decor made from branches of various sizes and shapes can become the main or additional interior decor.

Most often, this design fits modern stylistic trends, but with proper design, adapted to the style, decorative branches can harmoniously fit into a classic design.

A tree branch is not only a unique material, but also environmentally friendly; it symbolizes the unity of man and nature.

Even a person far from design can make various compositions from branches without outside help. You just need to turn on your imagination and spend a little time to create a masterpiece with your own hands.

What can be made from branches

Each tree branch is unique, it is impossible to make several identical things, each item will be in a single copy.

You can decorate the head of the bed with a composition of branches. The main thing is to secure the composition well and select strong branches for decoration.

Instructions:

clean the branches from bark;
coat with colorless varnish;
combine into a single composition;
decorate with decor or garland;
securely fasten the structure to the wall.
A large branch can be sawn into small round parts of the same thickness; they can be used to lay out part or the entire wall.

Instructions:

cut the branch into pieces of equal thickness;
cover the cuts with varnish;
attach the parts to the wall or panel;
a wall or panel can be pre-painted, for example, in a contrasting shade.

A panel of branches will help diversify the interior of any room. The decor can have clear boundaries in the form of a frame.

Spreading compositions that have no boundaries are suitable for decorating a large wall.

Instructions:

you need to come up with a panel design;
determine the location of the decor from the branches;
choose flexible branches that easily take the desired shape;
fix the decor (dry branches need to be attached to the wall with staples, which will later
must be hidden, for example, with glue; small branches are attached using a glue gun);
complement the composition with other decorative elements;
If necessary, fix small lighting fixtures.

Functional decor made from large tree branches can complement the interior of the bathroom. These can be shelves, hangers for bath accessories, paper holders.

From simple natural materials you can make racks and shelves for the interior design of a living room, bedroom, or hallway.

A shelf in the shape of a tree is not only an original decor, but also an excellent place to store books.

You can make an unusual and stylish clothes hanger from large and strong tree branches. This decor is suitable for the interior of a hallway.

A smaller copy of a hanger can replace a key holder.

Tree branches can be used to create a variety of lighting fixtures. Decor made from branches is suitable for decorating the base or lampshade of a table lamp or floor lamp.

Spili

There are more original options for using wood in the interior. Spills are just what you need to surprise your guests. The saw cuts have a flat round shape, which allows them to be used in different variations.

"Wall topsy-turvy"

Each of the wooden “discs” has an individual pattern, shape and size, which helps create an unusual effect in a standard apartment. This type of decoration gives the wall the appearance of the outside of the hut. However, it is not necessary to use saw cuts on the entire wall: for example, you can lay out an original drawing with them.

By the way, you can do this yourself. Corresponding photo instructions can be found on the Internet.

Decor elements

In this case, the cuts can be used pointwise. For example, place them in wooden frames and hang them on the wall like paintings. Wallpaper should be as neutral as possible. Or make unusual stools or a bedside table with your own hands.

Or divide the cuts into two parts, make funny shelves and attach them to the wall.

Combination

The saw cuts made from wood and stone – natural or semi-precious – look amazing. True, it is better to arrange them under the supervision of a specialist, so that there is no feeling of “too much”, that is, too much.

Advice! When choosing saw cuts, you need to find out what tree they came from. Oak and larch cuts retain their aesthetic appearance the longest; pine and alder deteriorate faster.

Beams

Ceiling decoration can also be done using natural materials. Apartments decorated in this style always attract the attention of others. The combination of white walls and ceiling, as well as brown or black beams help create a colonial-style interior.

Finishing the ceiling with wooden beams involves many techniques: “lattice”, “herringbone”, “parallels”, etc. On the Internet you can find many photos that clearly demonstrate how clearly beams can fit into various styles.

Advice! It is important that the decoration of the walls in this case is combined with the design of the ceiling. For example, floral or tapestry wallpaper does not fit in with beams at all. But plain wallpaper in warm colors or painting the walls in similar shades are perfect.

Wallpaper

Few people know, but the modern market offers nature lovers... wooden wallpaper! They can be made from: natural wood; traffic jams; veneer

Such wallpapers are panels consisting of small boards. All elements are easily joined together, which allows you to preserve the natural pattern. It is characteristic that wooden wallpaper does not require any special preparation of the walls: the finishing should be standard.

You can assemble such a wall with your own hands, and in the shortest possible time. However, it should be remembered that such wallpapers are afraid of moisture, as well as insect pests. Therefore, finishing walls with wood will require special care.

Garden ideas. Examples of compositions from trees and shrubs

And now spring is coming soon again, and here again half of my thoughts are already about gardens, about the landscape, about the fact that soon it will be possible to plunge into work and enjoy the process, creating a beautiful garden for someone.

How wonderful it is to see how a beautiful, well-groomed place for relaxation, walks, contemplation, and joy is born from a piece of land overgrown with weeds.

What is most important in the design of a site? After all the technical work, construction, installation of paths and platforms, of course, this is landscaping. Green spaces, flowers, ponds, trees and shrubs - this is what will breathe real beauty and life into the design of the garden.

Plants influence us as the strongest element of the garden or landscape, in the process of developing a garden plan they are dealt with towards the end of the design process, where ultimately each plant is given its own place.

The range of ornamental plants that you have to deal with is huge. Different types, varieties, shapes of crowns and leaves, etc. The assessment of the decorative value of trees and shrubs is largely determined by how they look in a specific environment in the garden composition. The process of forming green spaces continues after planting. As trees and shrubs grow, they change their shapes and sizes; all this must be taken into account immediately when designing, which means you should familiarize yourself with the range of ornamental plants used in your area of residence. The decorative compositions presented below are suitable for zones 2, 3 and 4. Also, provided that your site is not swampy, groundwater does not flood, or the site is drained. The soil must be improved when planting.

When using coniferous trees and shrubs, your garden will be decorative even in winter. When composing a composition for small areas, decorative details in plants, such as foliage, flowers and fruits, bark texture, changes in foliage color from one season to another, and the flowering time of each plant, become especially important. Whereas in large areas the height and silhouette of plantings in compositions are more important.

Each individual group of plants should be combined with the rest of the details and plantings in the garden. The garden should become one whole.

When caring for compositions, you should resort not only to weeding the surrounding area, fertilizing plants, watering, but also to shaping. Timely trimming of trees and shrubs will prevent the garden from becoming cluttered and the compositions from collapsing.

Here are a few plant compositions that can decorate your garden.

Here the composition is complemented by stones and gravel. After flowering, the fieldfare should be trimmed immediately, the inflorescences should be cut off and the crown should be slightly rounded. Fieldfare blooms in the spring, and hydrangea will support flowering in summer and fall. Next season, the hydrangea will grow taller and will be clearly visible.

This composition is already for a larger plot of land, but if you choose “maigold” spruce and replace the birch with “youngii” birch, you will need less space for planting. The composition becomes most decorative in the autumn, the foliage of birch and rugosa roses becomes yellow, the spruce remains a green accent, and the foliage of the bladderwort turns red. The fruits of the rose burn with red “fire” against the background of the foliage.

Here the decoration will be from spring to late autumn. First, the apple tree will solo, then the spirea, and they will be supported by hydrangea, which will bloom until late autumn.

With such a dense planting as in this composition, adjustments should be made several times a season - trimming the vesicle (shape the crown), trimming the barberries.

Here, in addition to conifers, perennial plants are used; the composition does not require special care. All you have to do is cut off the flower stalks after flowering, and coniferous plants will keep their shape without additional help.

Here the turf should be adjusted so that the turf with bordered foliage does not clog the bench and thuya.

This composition will be decorative from spring to autumn.

I hope the information is useful.

Create and love your garden, and it will reciprocate your feelings!

Best regards, Daria.

Can be found under your feet

Much of what can be successfully used for the interior can be found in the forest or even on the street. We have already talked about how saw cuts can be used; but this is not all that can be “borrowed” from nature.

Stump

This “good” can be found both in the forest belt and on the plot. By subjecting it to minimal processing (grinding and varnishing), you can get a table, bedside table, lamp stand or chair. The natural pattern characteristic of wood will highlight your taste.

However, if you want to achieve a completely different effect, the stump can be coated with paint and even... gilding. This will give the interior a special sophistication. And you can achieve this effect with your own hands.

Branches and brushwood

To understand how to use them in the interior, it is better to familiarize yourself with the numerous photos published on the World Wide Web. So, you can find a photo of a table made in the form of an armful of branches, intercepted with twine in several places.

You can place transparent glass on top of an unusual design: this way minimalism will intertwine with mysticism.

Advice! Do you want to give your children's room some originality, but do it with little money? Easily!

All you have to do is find a large tree branch and paint it in bright colors. Then you need to secure it to the wall as securely as possible. If the side branches are strong enough, you can hang small toys or colorful patches on them. The child will be delighted with such a bright detail, and most importantly, he will be able to help create it with his own hands.

In this case, the wallpaper in the room should be plain.

driftwood

Often in nature you can find driftwood that resembles various shapes. They can also be used in the interior of an apartment.

Advice! You can do the same if you accidentally come across a stone of an interesting shape and shade. By combining it with an interesting wooden element or other natural materials, you can create a unique composition with your own hands.

Picturesque little things

Wood in the interior can be present unobtrusively, but expressively. Decor made from this material will highlight the individual style of the apartment.

This list may include:

floor vases;
candlesticks for walls;
figurines;

caskets;
spoons and utensils;
masks for wall decoration.

In addition, paintings in wooden frames and even entire panels can be placed on the wall.

Full length

Modern designers offer truly imaginative solutions to the most daring clients. For example, a real tree in a tub. Standard apartments are not suitable for this, but a country house with a large area is just what you need. For example, in Europe, a real fashion trend in recent years is a live spruce in a pot.

And in the southern regions of Russia you can often find a palm tree in a tub, located in the most illuminated corner of the house.

The combination of wood and stone in the interior looks natural. Therefore, it is logical to use a small stone if you need to somehow decorate the space inside a tub with a tree.

Composition of coniferous plants: theory and practice

“On long winter evenings we plan and draw planting schemes,” says FORUMHOUSE user LidiiaS. Today we will talk about how users of our portal create compositions from conifers.

Going to the nursery in the spring and buying all the seedlings you like is a common, but worse option. You need to start creating a composition with a detailed study of the place on the site and drawing up a plan.

Ttt777tttFORUMHOUSE user

At a minimum, draw up a planting plan yourself, taking into account the plant’s habit, soil requirements and lighting.

Designers usually recommend not limiting yourself to the plan, but also photographing the location of the future coniferous group from all points from which you will admire it. Look at the photos until you understand what kind of picture you want to see there.

The tallest trees are planted in the background so that they do not block the view of the lower ones.

The height of the plants should increase as they move away from the viewer.

The composition will be fully perceived at a distance equal to two of its heights. Usually this distance is sown with a lawn, and this combination allows you to kill another hare: against the background of a lawn, any Christmas tree looks more advantageous.

If we are talking about all-round viewing groups that can be viewed from all sides, then the largest tree is placed in the center; in the second and subsequent rows, the height of trees and bushes should decrease proportionally. The point is that they should not cover, but rather emphasize each other’s decorative qualities. Therefore, each subsequent row should be at least half as low as the previous one.

Many conifers grow slowly, and sometimes the composition of a spruce tree in the garden reaches its peak decorative value only after ten years. You can plant fir trees and thujas closer to each other, and after a few years, partially cut down those that will interfere. Or you can plant very small “more spacious” ones and wait patiently until they turn into the beauty and pride of the site. The wait is brightened up by planting tracts of perennials, roses, and so on. Until the tree skeleton grows, they will fill the space and delight your eye with flowering and texture. The first or second method to choose depends on the character of the garden owner.

vaska67 FORUMHOUSE user

That is, it is completely unnecessary, having planted the little ones at once at large distances from each other, to sigh over the half-empty space all the time until they grow.

This composition with a spruce on the site will reach its peak decorative value in a few years.

When planting conifers in a composition, it is necessary to take into account their future size, so that they do not have to crowd together and close their crowns.

MountelfFORUMHOUSE User

For plants of the same tier - at a distance equal to the sum of their radii in an adult state (at least 10 years, and for large trees - 20-30 years).

Ttt777tttFORUMHOUSE user

You type in the search engine the size (habitus) of the thuja Smaragd, for example. We look at the width of the plant, divide it in half and get the distance from the center of the planting hole to the edge of the crown. We measure half the width of the next seedling from this point - this will be the center of planting hole number two.

KristoferFORUMHOUSE user

Just don't overdo it, or it will look like this. The bottom picture is only the planted conifers, the top pictures are after five years.

That is, the crowns of the plants in the composition will close together, but this should happen “not next year and not at the level of a meter from the ground.”

Experts recommend not to forget that color is one of the ways to assemble a group of conifers into one whole. You shouldn’t get too carried away with the different colors of pine needles and different shades of green: “they didn’t look good in childhood,” designers say in such cases.

There is a simple rule: a very small composition (three plants) - two colors, five - a maximum of three is needed, in a large composition the plants are placed in groups of the same color.

Coniferous groups are often diluted not only with perennials, but also with deciduous plants - this gives the garden new colors, evokes new feelings, and makes the garden design more interesting and multifaceted. The spacing of deciduous shrubs depends on whether they should fall under the tree canopy. So, the crowns of spruce and fir reach the ground, which means that the bushes must be planted beyond the diameter of the crown. Many shrubs in the garden look good when practically intertwined with each other. That is, more accurate distances can be calculated after you have completed the first part of the work: decide on the set of crops and varieties and their approximate location.

Ready-made coniferous compositions. Scheme

Here are the options for ready-made compositions with conifers:

Composition of coniferous plants, scheme No. 1.

Common juniper "Stricta"
Bladderwort "Darts Gold"
White dogwood "Aurea"
Rock juniper (virginian) “Blue Arrow”
European larch (deciduous) “Pendula”
Soft cuff “Auslese” + Tulips
Spiraea japonica "Gold Mound"
Low growing yew berry
Euphorbia cypress.

Composition of coniferous plants, scheme No. 2

Common juniper "Stricta"
Rock juniper "Skyrocket"
Rock juniper "Blue Arrow"
Rough spruce (Compacta)
Mountain pine
European larch "Pendula"
Rhododendron
Euphorbia cypress

When starting to compose a beautiful composition, do not forget that relatively new grafted “slow” varieties always have an “inhumane” price. The most compact “witches’ brooms” are the most expensive, which explains the comment from the respected Mountelf:

MountelfFORUMHOUSE User

The 5 cm figurine costs the same as Hoopsie. Because it takes about twenty years to grow it to the size of Hoopsie, and this is the most valuable thing - time and labor.

On FORUMHOUSE you can see how a composition of conifers with rhododendrons was created, read an article on how to give the desired shape to coniferous plants, watch a video on how to choose coniferous seedlings.

Wooden columns and ceilings

Wooden ceiling beams and columns are a common design element for lofts, apartments or houses with high ceilings. These designs create a special atmosphere in the house, but require the same textured materials next to them: brick, wood, artificial stone.

It is better not to use beams in the apartment - they are too massive and will simply “eat up” the space. But in a country house or country cottage, this option would be appropriate.

Wood in the bedroom interior

Wood is ideal for a bedroom: it is an environmentally friendly and safe material. What you need for a good night's sleep! Just be sure to treat your chosen finish with special oils and varnish if you don't want to encounter mold or sneaky bugs.

Furniture does not have to be rough and massive. For the bedroom interior, it is better to choose more elegant options with neat lines or carvings.

Wood in the living room interior

Light wood species: for example, pine, birch, beech, alder - will look harmonious in living rooms in a minimalist or Provence style. Dark ones: walnut, wenge, mahogany - more suitable for a classic style.

Also, a couple of wooden parts will fit well into the interiors of such trends as minimalism and hi-tech.

Manufacturing of candlesticks, lamps, chandeliers

The branches look very advantageous in the interior due to their unique contours, which, when illuminated, acquire fancy patterns. Therefore, using decorative material to decorate lamps, candles and chandeliers is an amazing win-win option.

Making a chandelier

If there is no lighting fixture in the room, you can make it yourself.

To do this, select a strong branch - a driftwood, process it and paint it in one of the main colors used in the interior of the room.
Attach the structure to the ceiling.
Carry out electrical wiring along the wood and place several lighting fixtures along the entire length of the structure.

Decorating a chandelier

The simplest beautiful product - a chandelier - can be made from an armful of branches. For this purpose, paint the branches in a single color. The composition painted in snow-white color, matching the existing chandelier in shade, looks beautiful. Attach branches to the frame of the lamp, fix them motionless.

For fastening, you can use an adhesive machine. You can use a rope, which should match the color of the composition.

General impression: in your room there is an unusual one-color chandelier of a bizarre shape attached to the ceiling. When decorating, pay attention: thick branches look good in a large room. For the design of a small room, a composition of fragile elements is enough.

Floor lamp decoration

An out-of-fashion lamp - a floor lamp - will still be a stylish decoration for the room if it is decorated with wood compositions. To do this, attach several branches parallel to the stand. Cover the entire lampshade with small branches. You can use an inconspicuous fastening; a coarse rope will fit well.

It is acceptable not to paint the elements.

The composition, painted in a color repeated in the interior, looks modern. It looks creative if, when decorating a room, you use striped fabric that matches the color of the branches.

Making a wall lighting fixture

A lamp of extraordinary beauty and execution, reminiscent of a real work of art, can be obtained from an ordinary branch of a beautiful configuration.

Paint the prepared material in a color that contrasts with the wall covering. Attach a branch to the wall. It is desirable that the design matches the size of the room.

Provide lighting for the composition. These can be single lighting fixtures mounted on wood. You will get a beautiful stylish thing if you wrap a decorative element with a regular New Year's garland.

Making candlesticks from branches

As already noted, wood goes well with live fire. When making candlesticks, take measures that will help protect your home from fire. All devices must be stable and securely fastened. Built-in lamps or candles must remain motionless.

Several candlestick options:

To make a lamp, use two small containers that fit inside each other with a gap of at least 1 cm. Place a candle in the smaller container. Pack the dishes inside each other. Fill the distance between them with small branches. Natural coloring of the material is allowed.

The tone looks good when combined with the colors of the interior.

Garden composition in landscape design from deciduous crops

Today we will talk about deciduous crops and their use in landscape design. To achieve year-round decorativeness on the site, you must have knowledge of dendrology. Deciduous trees and shrubs are conventionally divided into several groups according to their use in landscape design.

The first group is plants for hedges. Hedges are garden compositions that perform a protective and zoning function. Depending on the desired result and function, they are divided into three levels: high, medium and small. Tall hedges are often planted along fences and cover the area from prying eyes. Medium living walls are used to zone a site: they separate recreation areas, utility plots or an orchard, for example. Dwarf shrubs are used to frame paths and buildings and create living borders.

For tall walls along the fence, Elegantissima turf is perfect. It grows up to 3 meters in height, and can reach 5 m in diameter. Its shoots acquire a blood-red hue in winter, and look very unusual against the background of snow.

The Cock's Spur hawthorn looks simply gorgeous as a large hedge. The shrub grows up to 6 meters in height and stands out for its unique carved leaves, which are densely located on red shoots. When creating hawthorn hedges, it is necessary to plant seedlings at a distance of at least 0.6 m from each other.

Maria barberry is considered no less popular among landscape designers for creating high walls. It is notable for its wide column-shaped crown and bright leaves of a juicy green hue. The fruits of barberry remain on the shoots for a very long time, due to which the period of its decorative effect is significantly increased. The shrub reaches a height of one and a half meters and grows well in width.

For zoning a site, cotoneaster is often used, which attracts with its unique shiny green leaves. When caring for a cotoneaster hedge, you need to pay special attention to it: trim off old leaves and shape new shoots, then your hedge will delight you with its well-groomed appearance for many years. Thanks to its high resistance to pruning, trimming a cotoneaster hedge does not require professional knowledge and experience, and even a novice gardener can handle it.

Attractive and decorative from early spring to early winter, the snowberry Dorenboza "Medical Galaxy" perfectly forms into a hedge and will win your heart with its dark green rounded foliage and small pinkish flowers that form inflorescences. By autumn, the foliage becomes light green, and fruits appear on the shoots - white, airy, round berries that remain on the bush even when all the leaves have fallen.

Japanese spirea: Little Princess, Crispa or Albiflora are perfect for creating living borders. Neat bushes tolerate shaping and anti-aging pruning well, and also delight the eye with lush inflorescences.

A hedge in your dacha is a great way to protect your area from prying eyes.

Solitaire planting is another way to decorate your garden. To select a deciduous shrub or tree, you need to take into account the overall decorativeness of the seedling and the style of the landscape. If there is little color in your garden, we recommend taking a closer look at lilac as a single element. The variety of varieties of popular shrubs allows you to choose a plant to suit any taste and landscape. Pay attention to varieties such as: “Nadezhda”, “Charles Jolie” and “Sensation”.

Another representative of deciduous crops - Willow - will become an extraordinary element of your garden. This could be a standard bush of Hakuro Nishiki for a small garden or Silver Willow if you have enough space on the site. Willow does an excellent job of decorating empty spaces, as well as ponds.

Gray walnut, an unusual tree native to North America, will look no less attractive against the background of the lawn. Thanks to its large leaves - up to one meter - it forms an umbrella-shaped crown. If you place a bench or gazebo next to the gray walnut, you will be provided with a unique shady place to relax.

Ornamental apple trees also look great when planted alone. Having planted a bright representative on your plot, you can admire the gorgeous blossoming of the apple tree in the spring - numerous pink, red, white flowers densely cover the branches. And after flowering, miniature fruits appear on decorative apple trees, which charmingly stand out against the background of green foliage and decorate the tree until frost. For the Moscow region, varieties such as decorative apple tree Royalty, Rudolf, and Purpurea Pendula are recommended.

Landscape compositions from plants are a treasure trove of ideas and fantasies. They can decorate the adjacent area, the center of the site, fences and even the entrance to the garden. When selecting plants for the composition, it is necessary to take into account all the characteristics of the seedlings: the color of the flowers, the shade of the foliage, how much an adult plant grows, how it will feel in a certain place, and much more. When choosing a deciduous shrub or tree for a composition, you also need to take into account its function in it: will it be a background for beautiful flowering plants or will it become the accent of the entire group.

For example, Annabelle hydrangea can play a dual role in the composition - highlighting the bright flowers of perennials, or standing out with large inflorescences against the background of homogeneous conifers. The shrub grows up to 150-200 cm in height, and the diameter can reach 300 cm. Flowering of hydrangea can begin as early as the end of June and continue until the end of September.

Bladderwort can also serve as a background plant for the composition. Its dark red, and by autumn bronze leaves will become a noble background for flowering plants. The inflorescences of the vesicular carp will also help to diversify the composition: numerous white or pale pink flowers collected in corymbs. We recommend taking a closer look at such varieties as: “Red Baron”, “Diablo”, Summer Vine.”

If hydrangea can become an accent plant thanks to its colorful buds, then another tree can cope with this only thanks to its unusual leaves and crown shape.
We are talking about the Norway maple "Crimson Sentry". It is distinguished from all other tapeworm plants by its neat pyramidal crown and dark red leaves. Such an unusual element will add charm to any landscape composition. We have given an example of just a few representatives of deciduous crops that can transform your garden. Thanks to the large assortment, you can choose what you need. Come to our garden center to pick up your favorite plants or order online on our website.