After using the backyard for many years, some of the landscape elements will be out of the fashion or you will have an aesthetic fatigue on the entire backyard. Then it is the right time for you to add some new ideas to your backyard.
If you want to decorate the backyard and get some new effects, these 13 DIY backyard decoration design skills will definitely benefit you! Hurry up and upgrade your backyard!
1. Use cement to create an outdoor dining table
Cement products are a fashionable element for any backyard decoration design. You can try to make this outdoor dining table with cement, which is not only durable, but also simple and stylish. A simple concrete dining table can immediately enhance the style of the backyard.
2. Miniature succulent garden
Succulents have long been sought after by gardening enthusiasts around the world. You can try to create a miniature landscape with these lovely succulents. For example, in the picture below, there are “arbors”, chairs, a cat, arches and a wheelbarrow …. When you make your own succulent garden, you can complete the decoration elements of backyard according to your preferences. And now succulents are also very cheap, and reproduction is very convenient, you can make them in batches.
3. Tool cleaning station
Garden tools will inevitably get muddy and soily when you use them. You can use a small bucket to put some sand like this to make a tool cleaning station. The cost is very low, but it is absolutely handy to use.
4. Make mini garden with glassware
The mini garden made of glassware is different from the above method. With the help of glassware, you can add a mini garden to any indoor space without worrying about weather conditions and climate at all. Placing these elaborate glass mini gardens on your desk or outdoor dining table will be a compelling highlight. However, please note that it must be kept away from heat sources (such as radiators or fireplaces).
5. Mini Evergreen Garden
You can use mini conifers and perennials to create a perfect evergreen mini garden. When finished, cover the soil with gravel and moss to prevent water from evaporating too quickly. Whether such a mini garden is used to decorate the backyard or placed indoors, it will greatly increase beauty of your home.
6. Cement flower pot
As we mentioned in the opening chapter, cement products can bring a stylish and modern landscape atmosphere to the backyard decoration, which can be decorated and transformed into any backyard. You can stick several cement floor tiles with strong glue like the below picture, and you can easily make beautiful cement flower pots.
7. Outdoor gardening station
By transforming old porcelain cabinets, you can build your own outdoor gardening station to store tools, pots and all other garden accessories. You can choose your favorite painting color and tiles for decoration.
8. Bottle bird feeder
When designing the backyard decoration of the house, we must not only consider the beauty, but also consider the friendliness of wild animals, so as to achieve the realm of birds and flowers. You can use recycled glass bottles to make this super easy bird feeder, which will make your backyard more interesting and also very decorative.
9. Succulent Photo Frame
Such a succulent photo frame is a piece of art for backyard decoration. As we all know, succulents are very drought tolerant, which makes this ornament very easy to care for. Whether it is used as a backyard decoration or interior decoration, it will bring you a very ideal effect.
10. Use wood logs to make road
If you feel that the empty lawn is really boring and uninteresting, you can try to use the fallen tree trunks or buy ready-made log cutting rings to decorate a beautiful road for your backyard. This native material will also be more natural and interesting than the stone road.
11. Hang the plant hanging basket for the backyard
The decoration of the backyard should not only consider the landscape atmosphere on the ground, but also consider some “air” landscapes. For example, the beautiful plant hanging basket in the picture below will make your backyard look more diverse. Of course, in addition to the plant hanging basket, you can also use some other decorations, such as wind chimes, or even the glass bottle bird feeder just mentioned, in short, use your brain!
12. Cornus Officinalis Garden Ball
If you have leftover cornus officinalis branches when trimming your backyard, then you can use them. As shown in the picture below, it is very harmonious and natural to use some balls of different sizes to decorate the backyard. Dried cornus officinalis balls can even be used for interior decoration.
13. Double-layer fountain
The outdoor fountain can turn any small backyard into an exotic outdoor space. You can choose the appropriate fountain products to decorate the backyard according to your preferences. If you are too lazy to make your own, you can buy ready-made products online. A small fountain will make your backyard look more alive and interesting.
