Registration of a summer cottage (59 photos): Planning. The device of garden paths, lighting and sculptures

Since the time of the USSR between the concepts of the cottage and the garden, many put an equal sign, meanwhile, this is not entirely true. A cottage is primarily a place for relaxation and relaxation, and only then beds with cucumbers and tomatoes. Given this, the design of the site and the house itself is of great importance. Therefore, the design of a summer cottage with your own hands is a very responsible task.

An example of registration of a summer house

Preparation for the transformation of the summer cottage

Before the start of revolutionary changes in the design of the summer cottage, you should carefully consider the layout of the space. Planning recommendations depend on the area of the site.

TAK, for small plots (no more than 6 acres), experts advise taking into account that:

With a shortage of territory, a high fence will only add a feeling of tightness, so it is better to do with a small decorative fence for giving around the perimeter of the site;

If the country area is small, it is better to do with a decorative fence

It is better to refuse the pool;
It is not recommended to use straight as an arrow of the track, it is better to make them curved.

Pay attention!
Scientists have proven that smooth curved lines affect a person at a subconscious level and erase the line between civilization and wildlife.
Blomic paths, on the contrary, emphasize this line.

The design of the house in a summer cottage with an area of 6 to 10 acres does not apply so many restrictions on the summer resident:

The fence can be any;
Tall trees and outbuildings are still better to shift to the northern part;
The device of a small country pool is allowed.

If the area of the site exceeds 12 acres, then there are no restrictions on the design. If desired, you can even organize a pond and mini-waterpage in the depths of the site.

If the size of the site allows, then you might think about creating an artificial pond

Often, in addition to the area, the elongated shape of the site also acts as a limiter. There are frequent cases when there are only a few meters of free space between the wall of the house and the fence, and it is empty.

The designer’s task in this case is to distract attention from excessive “elongation”.

This can be achieved by a set of simple techniques:

Near the fence, put a path paved with a natural stone (or imitation);
On the ground at the house, to plant an unusual, magnificent bush in the center – it will be a kind of anchor of composition;
Equally, plants are planted around it;
The rest is planted with unobtrusive colors of a small height.

Option of a narrow summer cottage

Basic techniques for decorating a summer cottage

There are a great many ways to design a summer cottage, so universal instructions are simply impossible.

Nevertheless, several techniques can be distinguished, which are used for almost any design method:

As a rule, in landscape design, curved paths made of natural stone (or its imitation) are used;

When designing a site, you need to strive to avoid straight lines

Any site is enclosed, so the fence must also be considered as an element of decor;
It is important to correctly illuminate the site, emphasize profitable places in the dark;
The correct design of the landscape of the country site is impossible without the correct selection of plants;

Note!
Country dacha houses usually look boring, and for decoration it is not necessary to sheathe the structure with any building materials.
You can get out of this situation with minimal costs, dropping curly vines around the walls of the house.

Small sculptures and dwarf figures, for example;
gazebos and pavilions, stained with ivy, also look great on the site;

In the photo – an example of a cozy gazebo

If the budget allows, then a small pond or waterfall is also appropriate.

We begin the transformation of the summer cottage

Some design techniques can break through a serious gap in the budget of an ordinary summer resident. But, if you approach this matter with imagination, then you can get an excellent result with minimal costs.

Competent planning – the key to success

To plan the design of a summer cottage, you can use special programs. Although, it is possible in the old fashioned way – grab a plot on a sheet in a cell on a scale and manually select the location of the main elements.

It is not necessary to create landscape ideas for designing a summer cottage with your own hands, you can familiarize yourself with ready -made schemes on our website or combine several ready -made ideas.

Planning of a summer cottage

It is important to choose the right types of plants. The garden should not hit a person with a variegation, it is better to make a choice in favor of laconic design. Patrota and brightness are allowed, but it should be localized within the flowerbed, such “bright blots” will only revive the site.

Flower garden scheme

Coniferous plants can be used as elements of hedges. This may not be a hedge in the usual sense of the word, but rather its imitation. Small green cones planted along the garden paths will fit perfectly into the overall concept of space.

How to make a garden path?

Use natural stone in order to lay the tracks on the site is very expensive, and simply illogical. To do this, you can use ready -made plastic forms that are simply filled with concrete, the shape of the finished elements resembles a natural stone, the price of such a solution is low.

The work is carried out in this order:

Through the perimeter of the future path, the turf is removed, the soil is tamped. If the soil is weak, then it is allowed to use the backfill of a mixture of cement and sand;

The diagram shows the device of a conventional garden path

A concrete solution is prepared, it is recommended to use crushed stone of a small fraction (not more than 5 mm);
Then the cells of the form are filled with concrete mixture, the surface is smeared with a trowel (you can slightly moisten the surface in order to make it smooth);

The upper surface of the concrete is thoroughly smoothed out

The form is transferred and the process is repeated.

The next part of the path is arranged close to the previous

Pay attention!
The length of the form is small, so it is better to purchase several of these forms, otherwise the process will drag on for a long time.

Lighting and installation of sculptures

Figures of animals and fairy -tale creatures can supplement the design design of the summer cottage.

As for sculptures, you can divide them into several types:

Classic (marble or stone) – suitable only for large areas, emphasize the status of the owner;

Marble sculptures can be recommended for the design of large areas

Contemporary art – anything can serve as a material up to the mounting foam and wire;
wooden sculptures, for example, the figure of an animal of wood roots;

Ordinary branches can turn into an unusual sculpture

Decorative figures (garden gnomes), giving fabulous surroundings to the site.

Funny figures will revive any garden

Classic figures look good among fountains or as a center of complex composition. Other types of sculptures are placed, as a rule, in the depths of the garden – their task is that a person has a necessary mood.

As for the lighting, the laying of wiring and the organization of light from direct current sources are too expensive, it may be necessary to rent a generator diesel for a summer residence. Moreover, there is simply no need to fill the site with bright light. It is enough to place lamps on sunny batteries along the garden paths, they will be recharged during the day, and at night it is beneficial to illuminate the site.

Solar batteries lamps will cope perfectly with the point lighting of the site

How to save when designing a site

To do this, you need to have a real smallness – you need a bright fantasy. Even ordinary things, which, at first glance, the very place on the landfill can turn into a decoration of a summer cottage.

The old car, or rather the frame from it, can become an original flower bed, for the same purpose you can use old tires. And you can try to turn any good musical instruments into a small fountain.

A musical instrument turned into a fountain-club

At the same time, the main thing is not to turn your site into a landfill. The main goal is still in beauty, and not in maximum savings.
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Summing up

Registration of a summer cottage is a feasible task for any summer resident. Of course, the skills of an architect and designer will be required, but, observing the elementary techniques of landscape design, you can achieve a great result. The feeling of beautiful is not alien to anyone, which means that any summer cottage can become a magnificent sample of landscape design.

The video in this article reveals the main tricks from the arsenal of landscape designers.