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As proud homeowners, many of us can testify to the fact that our garden is our second home. Interior design is always the area people focus on when it comes to renovating their property, but, whether you’re looking to sell your house or simply make it prettier for your own pleasure, the exterior is just as important as the interior. After all, the outside of your home is what you and everyone else will see before anything else.
Yes, I know – tackling the mammoth task of rejuvenating your home’s outdoor area is easier said than done. Tidying and re-designing even the smallest of gardens can seem overwhelming on the surface, but it shouldn’t be such a scary task. At the end of the day, however much or however little work you do on your garden is entirely up to you. Here are some essential tips, no matter what you’re planning to do to your garden.
Add paint.
Paint? Is this an interior design article? Nope, you’re in the right place. Your outdoor space can be just as picturesque as homely as your indoor space. Of course, the picturesque elements of a garden usually involve natural features, such as flowers, plants and trees, but that doesn’t mean you can’t sprinkle a hint of manmade beauty here and there.
If you’re intimidated by the idea of tackling your messy garden, it might help to start with something simple and perhaps relaxing on the labour side of things. Painting your wooden fence, for example, could reinvigorate the colour theme of your garden. It might help to give you some ideas, if you’re feeling a little lacklustre in the imagination department. Choosing a natural, light, airy and summery colour, such as turquoise, for your fencing might help direct the colour of flowers or plants you choose to plant in your garden. It might give you that substantial confidence boost you needed to get started on the meat of your garden. Work from the outside in.
Get the right tools, and make a plan.
All garden lovers have green fingers, but not all of us enjoy the practical elements of gardening in terms of using machinery or other technical equipment. Of course, whether you like or not, practicality is a necessity when it comes to the task of achieving a beautiful garden. If you don’t have a lawnmower, then that stunning flower bed you spent forever planting is going to be shrouded by a wild, untamed forest of unruly grass. The best mowers of 2017 are right at your fingertips; you just need to know where to look.
So, before you really get started, you need to ensure you have all the tools required for whatever jobs you plan to do. This might help you actually outline what you plan to do with your garden, if the ideas had been a little vague in your mind up until now. You don’t want to suddenly have a new idea for your outdoor masterpiece, but then dismiss it because it’d require some re-planning and additional tools.
Out with the old and in with the new.
Finally, start tearing away at those weary, withered plants and flowers which have been standing around and looking sorry for themselves for who-knows-how-long. Don’t feel too sentimental about it, because this is a chance to plant some newer, prettier flowers in their place; flowers which meet the new aesthetic to which you’re aiming with your garden.
