Decorative fences +75 photos of examples and ideas

Registration of the suburban area includes not only the organic arrangement of functional areas, but also their beautiful separation. The role of conditional borders perfectly cope decorative fencing. Together with flower beds and garden paths, they create a neat and well-groomed composition. Decorative fence is used as decoration of the site, and the function of the fence performs a purely symbolic. It is erected in courtyards, gardens, vegetable gardens and recreation areas. In quiet areas, where there are no busy streets and unfamiliar passers-by, a decorative fence can protect your property around the perimeter. Beautiful and tender look hedges, which are decorated with romantic arches or complement living plants. Let us examine in detail the variety of materials for creating this element indispensable at the dacha and understand its functional purpose.

Functions and application of decorative fence

Decorative fence can decorate the backyard or suburban areas. In the cities, such a fence is established in the common courtyard by the owners of the apartments, who take care of flower beds. The fence is complemented by a white border. The finished composition has a neat look and says that people who love to surround themselves with beauty live in a high-rise building. Decorative fences are subject to harsh criticism because of the inability to become a significant obstacle to intruders. This deficiency is essentially the only one. However, does it make sense to impose similar requirements on the design, which is accompanied by the prefix "decorative"? Sometimes even concrete walls twice the height of a person cannot protect summer residents from intruders. For your own peace of mind, experts recommend installing a network of video cameras on the site. In addition to beauty and orderliness added to the landscape composition, fence designs protect plants from attacks from animals and nimble children's feet, which can level half of the garden with the ground. In addition, with the help of the fence you can control the growth of plants, keeping them in the "decorative" framework. It is possible to give a simple classification of hedges by height:

  • Low fences, which mark the boundary between lawns and flower beds.
  • Constructions with a height of not more than 0.5 m. They perform a protective function against pets and restless babies.
  • Towering above the ground. Only supports are driven into the ground. Such models look light and airy.
  • Dig in the soil. Used when necessary to create a barrier to plants with a strong root system.

Also fences differ in the material of execution.


    

Materials for decorative fences

In fact, a decorative fence can be made of almost any material. It is enough to connect the fantasy to the process and you will receive the author's construction. According to the materials of the fence are classified into the following types:

  • Metallic. The constructions are notable for their monumentality and long service life.
  • From wood and its derivatives. Sooner or later the fence will become unusable, as snow and rain will provoke the processes of decay. Slightly prolong the life of the material special impregnation. Under the derivatives of the tree imply croaker, branches, cuts, hemp.
  • Brick, stone and concrete. These designs belong to the monumental. If you pick up a quality bonding compound, the decorative fence can survive even the country house itself.
  • From scrap materials. These include glass and plastic bottles, polycarbonate, old machine tires, ceramic plates and cart wheels.

Let us consider in more detail each of the materials.


    

Wicker fences

Previously, almost no Ukrainian courtyard managed without a fence decorated with a string of cracked and chipped clay pots. She harmonized the fence with a hut, decorated with clay, with small windows and thatched roof. To independently make a wicker fence, you have to go into the woods for supplies of materials. For the work you will need wooden posts that will hold the entire structure, and flexible rods. It is better to cut the latter near willow or birch, since their branches are difficult to break, which ideally fits under the fence. To build a durable construction using metal posts for the frame.

    

If you want to repeat the original Ukrainian fencing, it is better to use wood. Larch is considered to be the leader among the wood in moisture resistant. Water not only does not spoil it, but also hardens it. Bars at equal distance from each other instilled into the ground. Then proceed to the most time-consuming process - weaving. Peeled vines of small branches begin to braid frame. The first branch is allowed on the bottom. It is fixed with wire to the frame or slightly dug into the ground. The vines in the subsequent rows hide their tips in the previous ones. Wire them secured only at the points of contact with the frame.

If you choose nothing, then you can take the rods of maple, cherry or poplar. In terms of flexibility, they are inferior to willow and birch, but they are suitable as an alternative.

    

Tree

Definitely wood is one of the most popular materials. The easiest way to use the picket fence (boards of the same thickness). After installation, fences are varnished or painted in accordance with the rest of the composition. Log fences are considered more reliable and durable. They are stacked on each other, as in log cabins. Organically logs look at sites decorated in the traditional Russian style. Colorful and natural look like a hem of croaker - extreme logging boards with one convex side (sometimes with remnants of bark). Suitable option for forest and eco styles.


    

Stone, brick, concrete

Brick and stone, like wood, are universal materials that can be “tailored” to any exterior and landscape design. Such structures are characterized by monumentality and stability. Neither rain nor snow design is terrible. Over time, the brick may begin to crumble, but even this problem is easily fixed with the help of special protective corners. No special care is required for the fence. In addition to brick standard brown and white colors, you can buy yellow or pink version. Some people prefer to choose a shade to their liking and paint the finished structure themselves. The paint will crack with time and the layer will have to be changed to a new one, but you can experiment with a color solution.

    

When erecting stone or brick fencing, beginners may experience problems primarily with the foundation. It should be not only stable and reliable, but even so that the whole structure does not look like an untidy homemade man. Concrete as the base material is not used very often. The fence from it will not work to build himself. His ready-made buy in specialized stores. Modules of the same type of construction are molded in forms and can repeat the ornate decorative fences with which the property was decorated during the domination of the classics. They are decorated with stucco, curls, complex relief compositions, miniature columns. Concrete fences can imitate brick and masonry.


    

Metal and gabions

Metal structures have always been durable, but they are not eternal. Constant contact with the environment will provoke corrosion and rust on the surface of the fence. Special paint will help if not completely prevent, then at least suspend this process. On average, the service life of a metal fence will be up to 40 years. Forged compositions are commonly used. The exclusive result of handmade blacksmith cost a lot of money. If the fence will be performed according to customer’s sketches, the price will increase one and a half times. Easier and cheaper to buy stamping. But then do not be surprised to see similar fences from neighbors and friends in country houses. Metal fences beautifully decorate the garden-garden zone. They do not prevent the wild growth of plants, but they serve as an actual barrier through which it is not so easy to jump. Sets look natural when forging a gazebo on the railing echoes the fence ornament.

    

As for the gabions, they were initially used for military purposes. They were baskets of metal rods that were hollow. Earth or stones were piled inside the frame and trenches were reinforced with this construction. They are well protected from stray bullets. Now gabions have a less “belligerent” vocation. In civilian life, they decorate the dacha plots. Inside the metal frames still fall asleep the ground or stones (about the same size). The gabions themselves are set on each other or arranged in a “line” depending on the required height and width of the fence. This decorative element looks quite extravagant and original.

From gabions fold not only fences, but also terraces, porches, even stairs. It is enough to connect the imagination and the stone massif can “grow” anywhere and acquire the most bizarre outlines.

    

Glass and plastic bottles

Plastic belongs to the cheap and sought-after materials. Bottles of it are usually thrown into the trash without regrets, and in fact they can be adapted to create a fence. In plastic containers, the bottoms are cut off and strung together in two containers on metal pins, pulling the latter through the necks. Bottles are arranged so that they are in contact with each other narrow ends. Then the pins are instilled into the ground and make a solid plastic palisade. This option is the most primitive. To create a more complex structure, you will need a metal frame-frame with vertical bars inside. From the bottle cut off the neck in the area of ​​their expansion. These parts of the container are strung on the pins and fit tightly to each other. Then the rods are placed in a frame and secured. The decorative plastic enclosure is ready. Some string bottles “along” the length, and place the twigs horizontally. More interesting options for decorating flower gardens and plots with glass containers. It would seem, how can such a fragile material be used for such purposes? The secret of the reliability of the structure in the fastening substance. For these purposes, use cement mortar, which tightly fix slender glass rows. Some craftsmen even manage to build bottled houses, and in fact they have been standing for years. So, to start on the site lay the foundation. After the base has dried on it, the bottles are placed in a row in bottoms in the direction that will be facial. Then the first layer is cemented and the next one is laid out on top. And so on until the desired height is reached.

For those who do not want to mess around with mixing cement and laying glass rows, a simpler option would do. It is temporary: the bottles are simply dropped into the ground with their necks down.

    

Car tires

From old automobile tires it is possible not only to build swans with spread wings, but also decorative fencing. Old tires are either stacked on each other in a staggered manner, or are driven into the ground by half. If the material is small, the tires are cut in half and only slightly sprinkled with earth. To make the composition look more accurate, black rubber is painted in suitable colors that will be in harmony with the tone pattern of the area. For example, the fence protects bushes with delicate red roses, which means for the fence itself, choose either white or pink. These colors emphasize the sophistication of the flowerbed.


    

Decorative fences for flower beds with their own hands

Before you start creating a fence with your own hands, you need to make a drawing on cardboard. Think over the features of the design of the barrier and draw its approximate image. Then you need to make the appropriate measurements using a tape measure. Multiplying the length of the fence by its estimated height, you can approximately calculate the material consumption and stock up on them for future use. By the way, not only bottles and tires, but also polycarbonate, any kind of plastic, ceramic tiles, pebbles, old plates and pots can act as a basis. Virtually any unnecessary, but relatively durable items, which are lacking in abundance, can become the main material. Do not forget to use frames. They are needed for flexible and malleable materials that can not keep their shape. When building a fence, be sure to use the level. It will help to level the fence even at the construction stage and avoid getting skoschesochennyh structures.


    

Purchased decorative fences

At any outlet where materials are sold for construction and repair, you can buy decorative fences. Their range is large enough, and the cost varies greatly. The price series begins with simple models of wire and plastic, and ends with hand-made forged hedges. Among the variety of options, any buyer will be able to choose a fence for himself. You can not limit yourself to the store assortment and contact the master with your own sketch. Work made to order, will be an exclusive addition to landscape design.


    

Conclusion

The plot can do without decorative fences, but it will still lose a bit of beauty and sophistication. Garden paths and flower beds alone will not be enough to separate different sites. Such conditional boundaries need a volumetric addition that will rise above the ground. The fences, painted in white, look organic against the green of the lawn. Brown tones and shades of wood perfectly highlight the beauty of any flowering bushes. Black or gray wrought iron fencing adds elegance to the site. Organically, it looks in the vicinity of figure-cut trees. Constant companions of decorative fences have become street lamps, which illuminate the path to the late owners. It is interesting to look at the composition of the "living" arches and low fences.

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