13 things you can give a second life in the country

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Do not rush to throw out broken dishes, a broken refrigerator and an old toilet.

1. Bath

A bathtub can become the basis for a flower bed. To do this, fill the drain on the bottom and slightly tilt the bath to the side where the drain hole is. This will prevent the water from stagnating after watering and killing the plants.

Another interesting option is to make a small pond. Bury the tub in the ground, plant flowers or stones around it. You can place cattail, arrowhead, water buttercup, or reeds in the water.

And that is not all. The bathtub can be adapted for outdoor furniture. Then it needs to be cut lengthwise with a grinder, removing a small part. Be sure to sand the sharp edge with an abrasive wheel. And then use your imagination: choose the paint, type of support, materials for the seats and the installation location.

2. Toilet

The toilet can also be used as a flower bed. And what? Bold and unusual. For convenience, you can put flowers there right in the pot and take out when needed.

3. Barrel

An old barrel can be quickly adapted for a seat, and two for a wide bench. Here again you will need a grinder and an abrasive wheel.

Leave a completely unsightly barrel in the garden. You can make a greenhouse out of it, and then use it as an open bed or flower bed. Plastic is also suitable: cut out several windows on top and secure the film.

4. Glass bottles

Old glass bottles can be used to decorate flower beds or lay out a path in the garden. There are two options: bury the bottles entirely in the ground, or cut the bottoms with a glass cutter and place them on a concrete cushion.

5. Chandelier

An old chandelier will look great as a flowerpot. If the shades are broken or too fragile, replace them with light flower pots. Decorate the chandelier itself and hang it in the garden. Climbing plants will look best in such a planter.

6. Tires

If ordinary flower beds from tires seem completely banal to you, try another option - a hinged one.

You can also make garden furniture from tires. They are ideal for this role: durable, durable, heat and rain resistant. You will need a sharp cutter, a screwdriver, tough paint, and some imagination.

7. Chest of drawers

Do not rush to disassemble the old chest of drawers. Take him to the dacha, cover the cabinets with foil - and now you have a multi-tiered flower bed for flowers or seedlings.

8. Refrigerator

When the refrigerator is finished, do not throw it away. If you don't have a garage or cellar, use your old item as storage for vegetables from your garden. Remove the compressor, cut the ventilation holes and insert the pipes so that they come out. It remains to bury the refrigerator in the ground and cover with a waterproof material.

And you can also build a temporary dog booth from the refrigerator. Or visually revitalize it, decorate it and make it permanent.

9. Door

Before buying a new table for the dacha, think: isn't it time for you to make repairs in your apartment? If you are going to change the interior doors - here's a new table for you. All that remains is to sand the door, paint or varnish it. Well, come up with what to make the legs from. A cabinet with shelves can be made from several doors.

10. Pipes

From old or unnecessary pipes, you can build a support for cucumbers or climbing plants. If you decorate it and add benches, you get a gazebo.

11. Dishes

The easiest thing to do with the dishes that you don't like is to assemble a colorful flower garden from it. Plant succulents in small cups and glasses, they do not need much space, and it is easy to care for them.

With the help of broken cups, plates and teapots, you can update your country interior. Break the dishes into large pieces and use them as a mosaic. Decorate her flower beds, flower paths, pots and facades.

12. Glass jars

You can make candlesticks from empty jars. You will need twine or sturdy wire and candles. That's it - country romance is ready.

13. Tin cans

You will have to tinker with this composition a little longer, but such candlesticks will also look more spectacular. You will need paint, as well as a sharp knife, hammer, and nails to cut out the drawings.