Garden decorations don't have to be expensive. Old wood can of course be brought into the garden and creates a romantic flair. Below we give you ideas and tips for garden decorations made of wood.
Which garden decorations can you make from old wood?
Garden decorations made from old wood can include planted wooden chairs, old wooden carriages, garden coat racks, signposts, small tiered shelves, rustic wooden ladders or birdhouses. Use creative ideas to give your garden a rustic charm with old wood.
Decoration made from old wooden objects
Planted wooden chair
There has been an old wooden chair in the attic for a long time that is already too rotten to sit on? Flowers are certainly still on the piece of furniture.
- Plant a flower pot.
- Measure its diameter.
- Saw an appropriately sized hole in the seat of the chair.
- Put the flower pot in it.
Old wooden carriage
If you are lucky enough to own a disused wooden carriage, you can plant it lushly or place various flower pots on the loading area. This garden decoration is a real eye-catcher, especially in a cottage garden.
Tip
Use overhanging vegetation too.
Garden coat rack
An old clothes rack definitely doesn't belong in the bulky waste:
- Paint an old hat or clothes rack any color you like.
- Hang watering cans on the hooks or use the stand as a hanging basket.
Garden decoration made of wooden boards
Signpost
Where is the beach? You are certainly familiar with the nostalgic wooden signposts that point in all directions. You can easily recreate the pillars using old wooden boards, a saw and some paint. Use labels such as “vegetable garden,” “patio lounge,” or “playground.”
Small cake stand
- You need a long wooden board as well as three planted clay pots and flexible metal strands..
- Bend the metal around the clay pots so that they hold in place.
- Screw the ends gradually onto the wooden board.
- Place the clay pots in the eyelets.
Rustic wooden ladder
Do you want to become a real garden designer? A self-made ladder made from old wooden slats could be the first step to success. To do this, simply nail rungs to two long wooden posts. The rungs do not necessarily have to be the same width. The more rustic, the better. Lean the finished ladder against the trunk of an apple tree or against the wall of the house and hang small flower pots on the rungs.
Tip
Such a ladder made of birch branches looks even more beautiful.
Birdhouse
Combine creative garden design with effective use. A birdhouse made of old wood can be made quickly. The only important thing is that you sand the edges well, especially the entrance hole, so that the future residents don't injure themselves. Size and paint are entirely up to you. Birdhouses that you nail to a wooden fence in different shapes and different colors look very impressive.
