Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Oct 12, 2009 11:27 am Hi everyone, Well house is almost finished and the inside is looking great!, but its the outside that is looking very, um lets say "NAKED"... I have not one creative outside flair bone in my body and i would like some help on what i can do to my back yard to make it more exciting? Our fence is pretty close to our entertianment area. Have a look at the pics and see what you think! If you have any idea photos your would like to show me, please do Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This photo is looking from our sitting area out to "the fence" Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ HOME- is where your story begins! Re: My boring backyard! What can i do to make it more inviting?? 2Oct 12, 2009 11:32 am Quick question... What direction is the sitting area facing? Onc Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: My boring backyard! What can i do to make it more inviting?? 3Oct 12, 2009 11:41 am Ummm im pretty sure its North.. It gets no arvo sun, but plenty of nice morning sun. HOME- is where your story begins! Re: My boring backyard! What can i do to make it more inviting?? 4Oct 12, 2009 12:28 pm Sounds north east. The reason I asked is for the purpose of planting and light levels. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: My boring backyard! What can i do to make it more inviting?? 5Oct 12, 2009 12:53 pm Im not too good at plants and the likes, but the creature thing ive always liked in the display homes is a water feature area, they have those really big cement pots three or sometimes more in a row with hose coming out of them so make it a water feature, very effective! it doesnt take up a lot of space, wouldn't be too much to do it yourself. Something l saw in a neighbours backyard the other day (who hadnt put their back fence up yet), a pizza oven done with left over bricks, coming of one of the walls not sure if this would work in your backyard its a fun idea nonetheless Re: My boring backyard! What can i do to make it more inviting?? 6Oct 12, 2009 1:35 pm Great idea's keep em coming! HOME- is where your story begins! Re: My boring backyard! What can i do to make it more inviting?? 7Oct 14, 2009 10:32 pm You can see right through the fence! I'd start by either planting a hedge or making the fence look better with a feature of some sort. A 600mm wide garden bed right round with the same plant done up for a hedge would go well by the look. viewtopic.php?f=19&t=24525 viewtopic.php?f=19&t=23680 Maybe Duranta Geisha Girl would be nice? Lovely flower show. Your in Brissie, Murraya Panniculata either way, hedge them up with some hedge sheers and all will be well Cover in the section of roof with some polycarbonate sheeting. get the grass out of there, level it, and get some gravel or even a small deck? then a huge big ceramic bowl with pond plants and a light and pump. I found one here in Perth for about $300. Big enough to take a bath in I posted the floorplan on Houzz.com forum and got some really good ideas and advice from people there. Then we reached out to a couple of renovation companies and one… 5 10018 Not sure who you're building with, but I moved in recently to a 11month scheduled, 8 month actual build on the South coast/Illawarra NSW 3 5908 at most it will have a short lintel which could be moved up just below the ceiling or even above. Above means you need to patch the cornice and might need to deal with… 2 61346 |