Vacation on a “balcony” is usually used to mean a travel budget that is not full enough for travel. An appropriately attractively designed balcony with a decorative privacy screen can give even short breaks in everyday life a real holiday feeling.
What ideas are there for a balcony privacy screen?
There are numerous ideas for creative balcony privacy: colorful screens, mats made of awning fabric or PVC mesh, vertical awnings, polyrattan walls or homemade natural materials. Living privacy screens with ornamental grasses, columnar cypresses or low-growing bamboo also provide privacy.
Subtle or colorful privacy screen made from modern materials
An incredibly wide range of different privacy protection materials is available in specialist markets and online shops for garden design today. Fan-shaped screens that match the color of the facade or can be neon-colored can provide the desired demarcation from the neighboring balcony. Durable mats made of awning fabric or PVC mesh provide all-round privacy and wind protection along a balcony railing that is not completely closed. For a vertical awning, care should be taken to ensure that it has a stable fastening option and guying technology so that it does not suddenly start traveling in strong gusts of wind. Privacy screens made of polyrattan can also be a very aesthetic and modern solution for the balcony, as they have high weather and UV resistance.
Make your own privacy screen from natural materials
A plastic privacy screen can sometimes be undesirable on the balcony, not only for aesthetic reasons, but also for fire protection reasons. If you like to be creative and have some mechanical skills, you can easily make a privacy screen for your balcony yourself using various natural materials. Reed mats are available ready-made in stores and can be decoratively enhanced with shells, pine cones or small pieces of driftwood. This makes the view from the deck chair placed on the balcony even more inviting. The thin branches of weeping willows and hazelnuts can be used not only for basket weaving, but also for weaving homemade privacy screens. To do this, relatively thick cement can first be poured into balcony boxes a few centimeters high before the vertical branches are inserted. Thin, flexible branches are then moved layer by layer in front of and behind the branches to ultimately create an opaque wall.
Provide privacy the natural way with a living privacy screen
Plants that grow as narrow and upright as possible are often used to provide some privacy on a balcony with a living privacy screen. The following plants are particularly suitable for this:
- Ornamental grasses
- columnar cypresses like rocket juniper
- low-growing bamboo species
Privacy protection options made from flowers such as gladiolus, the climbing nasturtium or other annual climbing plants such as the black-eyed Susan can also provide annual variety.
Tip
For all ideas for an attractive privacy screen on the balcony, please note that gusts of wind can be much stronger here than in a garden with high hedges and trees. That's why tall plants and screens with textile coverings should always be attached particularly securely on a balcony.