Garden paths

Garden Paths (23)

DIY paths from paving slabs: master classes + 500 photos

Each owner of a country or personal plot at least once confronts a choice - what to make garden paths from? Along with wood, natural stone and brick there is paving slabs, which are loved by all connoisseurs of smooth paths and geometric patterns.

Paving slabs universal, it is suitable both for access roads to the house, and for beautiful private paths. This material is familiar to everyone - urban squares, sidewalks, squares are often laid with tiles. This material is chosen primarily for durability - a service life of more than 15 years, and environmental friendliness.

In addition, paving slabs open up a huge scope for imagination! Masters combine tiles of different colors, shapes, sizes and create amazing patterns.

In this article we will tell you about all the possible ways of laying paving slabs and show a lot of interesting and simple workshops!

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DIY garden paths from wood: step-by-step instructions, master classes + 500 photos

Wood is one of the most affordable and popular materials for landscape construction. Masters appreciate it for its durability, inexpensive price, environmental friendliness and indescribable wood texture, which will always allow you to create something unique. Wooden garden paths were not very appreciated before due to rapid destruction, however, modern processing methods have allowed them to become stronger than natural stone and serve for decades. And the versatility of wood is suitable for a wide variety of ways to create paths - from log cuts, from wooden pallets, from boards or from a special terrace parquet. This is what allowed wood to become the most popular materials for creating garden paths. In this article you will find many ways to make a garden path with your own hands from wood - from simple paths to creative options.

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DIY concrete garden paths: step-by-step instructions, workshops, 500+ photos

Any garden plot or garden cottage needs garden paths, so this category of landscape design is very popular. Often, land owners themselves want to cope with this task and do not resort to the help of professionals. And rightly so, because to do DIY garden path even the most inexperienced builder can do it! In addition, there are a great many step-by-step instructions and master classes with which you can quickly and easily create a path of any complexity.

Garden paths can be made from different materials, but practical owners often use a method that has been proven over the years. This article will focus on concrete garden paths - this material is recognized as the most popular among builders.

We will tell you about the simplest and most complex options for creating concrete garden paths with step-by-step photos and detailed instructions. With the help of this article you can easily and simply make a garden path of any complexity on your daughter or near the house!

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DIY stone garden paths: step-by-step photos, master classes + 500 photos

Garden paths made of natural stone - one of the most popular destinations landscape design. With the help of a beautiful path, you can completely change the appearance of your site, create a convenient network of movement between significant objects and save you from the hassle for many years. After all natural stone - one of the most durable and multifunctional materials, ideal for many construction works both in the garden and at home. In our article you will find a lot of interesting step-by-step workshops on creating garden paths made of natural stone with drawings and diagrams and a huge gallery of options in which you can choose the one suitable for yourself.

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Garden stairs made of wooden chambers

A staircase in the garden is sometimes simply necessary. In addition to the fact that this is a very practical solution in the presence of different levels of the site, it can also serve as its decoration.

In the photo we see a variant of a staircase made of wooden chambers. It fulfills its purpose, making the transition between different levels of the garden more comfortable. At the same time, the staircase looks very naturally and organically among the greenery and flowers. This is achieved through the use of wood - a very environmentally friendly material. In order for such surfaces to be safe, they should be treated accordingly, and indeed the construction requires a lot of work and effort. But the result, as we see, is worth it.

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Tire track

Old tires in a summer house can be used in different ways. In the photo we see one of the options - a track-ladder of tires. In appearance, it may not be very attractive, but convenient and reliable.

Use tires in this way is advised if the slope available on the site is very small. Going down to the water, for example, will be much more comfortable on the steps, and from the tires they turn out convenient and safe. Having fixed the tires on a slope, you can fill them with sand or gravel very tightly, so that the internal cavities are filled. The finished staircase looks original and will look especially appropriate if it ends up with a parking lot or garage.

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Such different garden paths 21 photos

The design of the site or garden consists of many components and garden paths in it occupy not the last place. You can’t even talk about the practical side, this is already understandable. How much walk, especially if there is slush on the street.

From an aesthetic point of view, paths and paths play a significant role in landscape design. Of course, the concept of beauty is different for everyone, for someone it is enough to throw stones, and it will come down, and someone is spending crazy money on super-expensive paving stones. But this is not important, most importantly, what will come of it. After all, if desired, and from ordinary pebbles, you can make a masterpiece.

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Garden stairs with mosaic 2 photos

Stairs in the garden are a good solution if the site has a difficult terrain. But this photo shows a staircase rather decorative than functional. A small slope and several steps bring an element of dynamics into the surrounding space. Especially if these steps are so beautifully designed.

To make such a mosaic of pebbles is not at all difficult. It is recommended to do it at the stage of the construction of steps, when the concrete solution has not yet completely hardened. Having decided in advance which particular pattern will be laid out, you should choose flat pebbles. They are slightly recessed into the loose concrete mixture, then the pattern is wiped.

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DIY pebble mosaic 18 photos

Today there are a lot of different track design options. Of these, less or less, it’s laying pebble mosaics. Not to say that it’s very cheap, and even more so easy to do, but in principle it’s real and not for a specialist.

For the first time, you may need the instructions of a wizard. But this concerns the technical side of the issue, but in terms of creativity, the opportunities here are fantastic. After all, pebbles are a natural material, and no matter what pattern is laid out, it will still turn out beautifully.

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