With a few simple power tools and a bit of imagination, you can accomplish many DIY garden projects.
You don't need a workshop full of expensive tools to be smart. Most of the time, you only need basic power tools and hand tools for easy home improvement projects, and the projects below are great home improvement projects that will look great in any environment. the garden. This is the perfect time to hit the streets with power tools.
Home-Dzine thought it would be a good idea to include a selection of DIY projects that will not only beautify your garden, but also lift your spirits. We're not talking about huge projects that take hours or days to complete, but projects that you can complete in a very short time. Check out some of these nifty DIY tricks.
1. Make a wallpaper for the garden.
A simple garden trellis can be used for more than climbing plants. You can use a trellis to cover an ugly wall, use it as a fence to hide an ugly feature, you can even use a trellis as a privacy screen when you're tired of sharing everything with your nosy neighbors. All in all, a trellis is a beautiful garden and fairly easy to make.
Use a simple trellis to hide unsightly walls or eyesores. Place it on walls or fences and plant some fast-growing vines or climbing plants to see how quickly they cover unsightly spots.
2. DIY wooden flower pots for the garden.
Planters and pots are quite expensive these days and you can't always find the one you like or the right size. Making your own planters is a great idea here and you can use recycled pallets or PAR pine.
If you don't want a natural wood look for your pots, consider using marine plywood when the pot is open, or SupaWood when it is closed. Don't forget to give them a good quality acrylic paint to protect them from the weather. SupaWood doesn't fare very well outdoors, but if properly painted and given a polyurethane topcoat, it will do well for a few years.
3. Hanging Planters
Not everyone has access to their own garden, and if you do, there are plenty of other ways to add something different to your garden or patio. These wooden planters can be made from reclaimed or reclaimed wood and hung on chains to hang from balconies or tree branches.
If you don't have a garden, wooden hanging baskets are the perfect solution. Make them any size you want and hang them from the ceiling, from bars or from tree branches on chains. A much better idea than plantation shutters, and as the wood ages it will take on a beautiful aged wood patina.
4. Mesh planter
Plastic pots are available from builders and can be purchased as a cheaper alternative to clay or cement pots. Here's a great way to take the trellis method and modify it to hold plastic pots for a plant wall, perfect for a small patio or garden.
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