A garden is like a sanctuary, a place for you to relax, stay in contact with nature and appreciate the simple and good things of life. If you have a piece of garden in your house and want to transform it in a magical and beautiful place like the ones you usually see on TV, we are going to help you showing some simple and creative ideas to do that. It doesn’t matter age or style, after this post your garden will be the favorite place in your house for everybody.

Flowers

The most important thing in a garden is, with no doubt, the flowers! They must be beautiful and well cared to create and harmonious and colorful environment. Try to choose the most durable ones and suitable to the weather you live in. Plant them in huge vases or even in a corner of the garden. This will give it lovely and charming look.

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Vintage Birds’ Cage

Perfect to the ones who want a garden from a fairy tale story! Of course we don´t want birds locked in the cage. We will only use it as a place for climbing plants spread themselves. You can also place some birds’ food and attract some small friends for some time.

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Stone Paths

If you have a huge garden, the best way of walking through it is on stone paths. Apart from letting the place charming they also avoid the mess in rainy days conserving your garden clean and tidy. You can choose the size and shape of the paths according to your taste but it is important to fill the gaps between them with gravels or grass to make it more beautiful.

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Benches

What is the point of having a beautiful garden if you don´t have a seat to appreciate it? Benches are perfect for gardens due their materials and durability. They can be simple, made of wood or concrete, but they will surely be really useful for you and your family. Place the bench in a special corner and take a book to read or just enjoy the garden! You will be relaxed after some minutes!

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Stones

These elements are perfect to decorate and fill small places in your garden. You can use natural stones or painted ones to trace some limits in your garden or just to give some color when the flowers are not in their best!

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Swings

It doesn´t matter your age, a garden is not a garden without a swing! You can have an elegant one or only a tire tied on a rope, what matters is the effect that this simple element gives to a garden! Hang your swing in a beautiful tree and relax under its shadow!

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Statues

Not a cheap element but worth it, statues can give a magical look to your garden! Fairies, angels, dwarfs and animals can be used to decorate a piece of your garden together with the other elements. Choose your favorite ones and transform your garden in a fairy tale!

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Is the floor of your garden always damages because of people´s steps? Don’t you want to walk in your garden on  rainy days. It is easy to solve this problem with some simple and useful ideas. It will be a pleasure to walk in your garden after checking these creative DIY projects of how to make a beautiful garden path for your home. Let´s have a look at them…

Picture Frame

Maybe the easiest one, this method doesn’t require a lot of effort to create your garden path. Firstly you should get a picture frame.There are two ways to get it.First, you can buy it on internet sites like Ebay or amazon.com.Second way is that you can make one by yourself with your creativity. There are some ways to make it: you can use some wood board snailed together or a styrofoam. We suggest using the second option because it is easier to give a different and creative design (only draw the choosen shape on the styrofoam with a pencil then cut it using a sharped knife, following the drawing lines of the figure. Then remove the rest of the frame and it is ready!). The next step is preparing the concrete. It can´t be too wet or it wont keep the shape.Place the frame on the ground, spill the concrete on frame and wait for a few minute. Remove the base vibrating it for a few times to make it loose from the concrete. Done! Your own garden path is ready now!

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Mozaics Garden Paths

Decorating mozaic garden paths is just a little bit more difficult and exhausting but believe us  this is the most enjoyable one.It will reflect your creative world and let you use your imagination for something nice and useful. You will need a lot of  little colorful stones ,concrete, paper and pencil.First of all, you must decide the figure which you want to see on your path. Then draw it on a paper to help you while you are using the stones.Spill the concrete on the ground ( a thin layer) and start to place the stones using the figure on the paper to guide you.Don’t put all the stones at the same time otherwise it will be difficult to arrange them, you must locate them one by one.After finishing your  work let it dry and enjoy your new garden path.

DIY Garden Paths Mozaic

 Using Creative Materials

Probably the simplest and fastest one, this idea doesn´t require any complex materials or  too much time.The only things  you need are creative and daily things to give a shape to your path.We  suggest you some large leaves which you can see in the picture.

DIY Garden Paths Creative Materials

However, if you can´t find leaves like that you can use other types or any material that you have at home as papers and clothes. To begin, prepare the concerete and spill it on your base. Let the concrete dry a bit on the material then remove it and you will see the printing of your material on concrete.This idea is good for the ones who wants a portablle path moving it where you wish.

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Well cared gardens can transform any house in a joyful place to be in. Relax in a peaceful and pretty garden is something that all of us should do once in a while. Plants, flowers, vegetables, trees are common things in them since they are part of natural world. However, a garden can also incorporate man-made materials to make it more creative and elegant.

The purpose of a garden is really important when you decide to create one. The kind of plants you will use can affect the disposal and dynamic of your garden. If you will use ornamental plants or vegetables to be consumed, how much sunlight does your garden receive and what species of plants will you have there (big ones or small ones) are some things we need take in consideration before start a project.

However, it doesn´t matter what kind of garden do you want, there is always room for creativity and irreverence. In this post we will show you some ideas to transform your garden in a magic and lovely place to be in.  Using some old and broken objects and furniture that are thrown in some corner of your house will help you create an innovative and original garden to your home.Also you cen see some creative DIY garden ideas here.

Old Chairs

They are amazing objects to place your plants and flowers. Of course you will need a pot to be the base for your plant or you can remove the part where you sit and fix a net or any other material that can sustains the soil and the plant. Old chairs give a really elegant and lovely feeling and if you don´t like the color you can paint them and give your own touch.

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Old Boots 

Believe me, old boots are incredible pot plants to your flowers! If you have some shoes that you don´t use anymore it´s just add some soil inside them and plant your flowers in. As they have a nice shape you can hang some on your fence or wall, or just let them in some corner of your garden. The boot´s material can give a nice touch to it since they will be outside in the weather and after some while they will be rustic and included in the decoration.

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Old Musical Instruments

If you like music or play any musical instrument you can add them to your garden decoration! Broken pianos, guitars, saxophones and cellos can be transformed in creative places to plant your flowers! Place your old musical enstruments  in a special area of your garden and decorate them with different plants and flowers! This idea will bring a charming effect to your garden.

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 Old Teapots

Use old teapots as home for your plants and flowers. You can hang them somewhere in your garden or place them on the floor to bring a creative look. My favorites are the old style ones made of pottery but you can also use from other materials. More teapots you use, more charming your garden will be!

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Old Crocs

These shoes became really famous in the last years and turned a fever among kids and teenagers around the world. However, what to do with these colorful rubber shoes after they are old? You can use them to hold your plants and flower in your garden! This idea will bring a funny and original style to your garden and will call attention of all who pass in front of your garden.

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Old Drawers

 Perfect to plant vegetables and bigger plants because of their large size drawers can be really useful in a garden. You can use only one old drawer or all the dresser to create a beautiful and creative place for your plants.

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Old tires in your garden can be more than rubbish! Nowadays being environmentally friendly is more than an option, it is an obligation! And to help you in this path we brought some ideas for turning old tires into an useful piece in your garden!

Disposing of old tires is a growing problem in the world. Despite a considerably part of them are being recycled into door mats, balls and shoes soles, there is another big part that is just outside polluting the environment and bringing serious problems to nature.

Fortunately, old tires are really profitableand can be transformed in dozen of things even when we don´t have a special machine, this happens because of their shape and material. The round shape with a hole inside it it´s really good to create decorative and useful objects and the resistant rubber material can endures any type of weather condition.

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So, here are some tips to transform that old tire in an incredible piece. By the way, if you don´t have any old tire around don´t panic! Many people will be really happy to give you their used old tires that are stuck in their garage or garden for years!

Transforming old tires into garden planters

Transforming old tires into garden planters

Easy, simple and charming this is the easiest thing to do with your old tire!   You only will need some paint to transform them into a planter for your flowers, plants and vegetables! The first thing to do is  remove any dirty and debris from your tire. Wait it dry and spray paint in all sides of the tire with acrylic latex spray. Do this twice or how many times it is necessary to give it a bright nice color.  Now it´s just transfer your plant to its new home or to plant some seeds in some fertilized soil.

A playground for kids

A  playground for kids

Who have never seen a swing made of tire? This is the most traditional use for old tires and it can bring joy and fun to your kids! The swing is a great and simple idea and it´s really simple to do it: just add a rope in a tree,fix it in the tire and it´s done! Your swing is ready to be used!Besides the swing, there are lots of other creative ideas to transform old tires into places to kids play! You can lay some tires in your garden to make some barriers or obstacles or transform them in a tunnel! A wall of tires to kids climb is also possible but requires a bit more of time and effort to do it! Use your imagination and transform your garden in a paradise to your kids!

Useful daily objects

Useful daily objects

From places to seat to containers an old tire can be used in many ways. Chairs, beanbags, benches and sofas made of tires are good objects to place in your terrace or garden as they can endure all weather conditions and bring a nice look to the place! Apart from seats you can also use tires (one on top of other) to create large containers where you can store things as soil, garbage, stones or even your kids toys!