Friday, March 23, 2012

Creative, Old, Fun uses for outdoor decor

Does your house or garden need some inviting decor? I have found some really cool and interesting ways to make your home and garden looking amazing and so without hardly any expense! Here are some ideas that I will share that are "eye catchy" and help your plants grow beautifully too~
Ivy and climbing flowers love to wrap themselves around objects and work their way up towards the sun...so an idea to use is old wired fences or trellis to put along your fence or side of house. These can be layered in segments or put the wired fence upside down along the top of a covered porch for the ivy and plants to grab a hold of and you have a tower of lovely greens and blooms!
Another idea is using old garden tools or hoes for decorating and letting plants grow up on. Use the bottom ends for staking into the ground and criss cross the tools and wire them together to give a old time look to the garden for decor and let the plants crawl up the poles! Do you have any old watering tins? Hang one on your fence by your flower blooms, giving the illusion of "watering the flowers" it's a lovely decor to display in your garden.

Need some decor? look at flea markets and garage sales for old and used items to help save on costs or moving sales. I found some amazingly great ideas for old vintage looking styles for gardens this year! First, if you have a border or fence line a great way to display a creative blooming colorful look is to get a old used metal headboard and a old drawer. Take the metal headboard and attach it to the fence then take the old drawer and paint a favorite color for the front of the drawer and attach the drawer to the headboard with screws. Next, fill the drawer with dirt and either plant seedings or annuals and soon you have a drawer blossoming with lovely flowers~

Another idea is to look for old planters, used old wooden table, old fountains, and used wooden chairs. All of these items can be used to put into your garden for display and planting flowers in them. I saw a lovely old fountain that was used to fill with dirt and they planted beautiful flowers and plants that were spilling over the edge. It was marvelous looking and so easy to do with just a little imagination. I also saw old planters used for the bottoms of tables that were made for outdoor recreation and entertaining. There are so many ideas out there so be creative and make your home just as inviting and beautiful with a fraction of the costs!

Hope these help out with some fun ideas-
Annette
The Blooming Corner LLC

1 comment:

  1. Great ideas! I really like the idea of using the shovels and tools to let the vines grow on - adorable!

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