A sprawling garden filled with blooms can be a fairytale-like place to spend your days. A swimming pool can be a source of good times for anyone of any age. But how do you decide which of these options are right for you and your family? In fact, these are just two of numerous ways to make your backyard and garden into a beautiful or fun place that is a joy to occupy every single day.
Many people are realizing that they spend the majority of their time at home and thus, their home should be everything it can be to give them comfort and ease. Buying an affordable house and land package can also free you from being restricted as to how you want to build your home and decorate your backyard. It gives you the freedom of really starting from the bottom up and taking in your family’s input about how to build a home that is suitable for everyone.
Whether your style is minimalist or sprawling and cozy, keep in mind that your backyard design needs to consider the changing weather. Planning out a garden that is beautiful in summer but can die out and get very stark in winter can be a disheartening sight. Therefore, take weather into account when looking up ideas for your dream backyard scenario.
Sustainable Backyard
Turn your backyard into a sustainable garden that provides you and your family with food crop. You can grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Any excess you grow can be sold at a farmers market, to neighbors, or donated to the local food bank.
You can even save the food scraps and start a compost heap in your garden so you can provide for all your gardens needs, in-house.
Party Patio
Build a covered patio that is basically another room just without walls. You can extend it out so it covers enough space to put in a sound system, a dining table, and a bar.
Install fun lights and decorative items that lend itself well to the party atmosphere. Tile or stone can also make for an attractive flooring choice as this is sturdy and you can easily have dancing on the patio as well.
Greenhouse Garden
Install a beautiful glass greenhouse in your backyard so you can grow all manner of beautiful and delicate flowers all year round. If the greenhouse is big enough you can even devote a section of it to food crop you can eat with your family.
Put in a small fountain in the middle of the greenhouse so that you can enjoy the sound of trickling water as you tend to your exotic blooms. It will be a delightful place for you and your spouse to relax in winter as well as a safe area for your children to engage in quiet play.
Lounge Area
Put in a wooden patio and paint it all white. Install weatherproof white curtains all around the patio and loosely tie them apart. Light colored comfortable chairs and overstuffed patio furniture in soft pastel colors can be carefully arranged inside to allow you to stay in the shade of the curtains while still getting a great view out of them.
This will be a such a lovely place to snooze on a warm afternoon without fear of getting sun burnt. It will be ideal for relaxing, reading, and displaying pot plants that need sunlight but would not thrive under direct sun.
Mud Room
If you and your family have a great love for hiking and outdoor activities, you will definitely have need of a mud room. These can be useful throughout the year as a great place to deal with your outside clothes without bringing them inside to make a mess in the main house. You can take off muddy boots after a nice long trek and all the implements you need to clean and dry them will be in the mudroom. During winter, you can take off your soaked coat and snow covered boots and step right into the warm house.
It will make cleaning up much easier and less of a hassle.
Art Studio
Perhaps you are a family that enjoys arts and crafts a great deal. Cover the patio and turn it into an airy, light-filled art studio. You can put in a lovely fireplace for the cooler months and install large windows to let the breeze in during the warm seasons.
This will be a wonderful space to feel creative, let your imagination flourish, and freely enjoy your artistic hobbies. Having a designated space where you store and keep all your arts and crafts supplies will also make it easier for everyone to find what they’re looking for and greatly reduce clutter inside the main house.
There is no harm in going with the most popular backyard ideas wither. There is a reason so many people put in a pool and build a fire pit. They are fun and versatile for all ages to have different kinds of parties and gatherings.
The only thing that should matter to you is whether what you choose is right for you and your family and the lives you want to build together.
