Tips To Make The Most of Your Tiny Backyard.
Tips To Make The Most of Your Tiny Backyard.
Not everyone has a huge backyard. The option of having an outdoor living room or being able to frolic around a large green area might not be one at your disposal. But instead of just leaving your limited space as a point of shame, here are some tiny backyard ideas to help you make the most out of the space.
Even a tiny outdoor space can be used to entertain guests, grow plants, and give you extra space to relax on hot summer days.
Maximize your space by using vertical gardens.
Vertical gardens are a great way to make the most of your small backyard. By growing plants on walls or fences, you can free up more space on the ground for other activities. Not only do they look beautiful, but they also provide shade and can help cool down the area.
You can set up fences and hang potted plants from them or use the fence's structure to create some lush greenery with vines.
Small backyards can't afford unused space and that's why vertical space is one of the most important parts of backyard space to take advantage of.
If your budget permits it, you can also invest in a moss wall to make living, breathing walls. Just be sure to place it properly so that the moss can soak up all the light it needs.
If your outdoor space is particularly small, you can go all-in on this idea to make space for an intimate dining area, a small herb garden, or some chairs and a bar cart.
Green walls don't necessarily need a fresh coat of paint, but it's a good idea to inspect whatever is holding up your vertical garden to make sure that the materials are not deteriorating too quickly.
You can use trellises, those vertical structures make specifically to have vines grow onto them, to make upkeep easier but be mindful of what you use them for.
A pergola is a wooden structure with slats at the top that will make it easier to hang plants to or grow vines on. Combined with trellises you can then free up enough room for things like folding chairs or a small water feature.
Some pergolas also come with built-in benches so that takes care of your extra seating space needs. Add a repurposed coffee table and your small space became a romantic little dining spot.
With some clever arrangements, you can create an outdoor room covered in vines and plants. It will help with privacy and create a beautiful atmospheric space for the house.
Start the garden in the home.
This one needs a little explaining: basically, you want to use the room that leads into the small backyard as a way to make the outdoor area feel bigger.
Hang some air plants in the room leading to the small backyard. These plants require very little upkeep and add greenery to the indoor space to provide a smooth transition into the outdoor space.
If you can open the door leading to the outdoor spaces wide then that's great, but even better is having glass floor-to-ceiling windows to reduce the strictness of the barrier between interior and exterior.
That way, your seating areas can remain inside the house - a sort of semi patio.
Of course, the first thing anyone will think of is what kind of mess this will create but by using an outdoor rug creatively, you can minimize the amount of cleaning needed.
What if your small backyard is the result of a new swimming pool?
It happens all the time. People add a swimming pool that's a little bigger than they actually thought it would be. Suddenly, the square footage of your small yard suddenly shrunk. Patio furniture is all cramped in one corner of the yard and there's not much left for people to just walk around in.
The most important thing to keep in mind in that situation is that the small backyard is not doomed. The seating area might have to get smaller but it's also a chance to bust out the gardening tools to trim the trees to create more walking space around the pool.
If you find yourself needing to trim a neighbour's tree that overhangs on your property, then the very first thing you should do is talk about it to your neighbour. Property lines are a complicated
Just like with a small backyard in general, you want to favour plants and outdoor furniture on a smaller scale or that have a small footprint. This will not only help you reclaim some space but also prevent your pool's drain system from being overworked.
Things you shouldn't do with a small backyard.
While you can do a lot with a small backyard, some things are just bad small backyard ideas.
The first one is adding in a fire pit. It depends on the size of the pit itself and just how small the backyard is but you need to think of more than just the fire pit itself.
It will require a seating area and a good distance away from the plants in your garden unless you're a fan of buying new plants after nearly burning the neighbourhood down.
It might be tempting to try one of those more daring small backyard ideas and try to create multiple outdoor 'rooms' but for that to actually work, your small backyard can't actually be small now, can it?
An outdoor room or a small patio can be the focal point of your small backyard but trying to create multiple spaces like a dining area and another separate outdoor room for entertaining is the stuff reserved for much bigger yards.
Have some fun with it.
Magazines may make you think a small backyard can't be a great space for entertaining or that it's just dead space but even a small balcony can add oodles of charm to any property - provided that these small outdoor spaces are well taken care of.
Creating your perfect little getaway in your small backyard can be as simple as buying string lights and running them along trellises or simply spreading them through key areas of the backyard. You could even look around for local woodworkers that can create pieces specifically adapted to your garden, be it collapsible patio furniture or a custom trellis that makes the most out of your small space.
No matter how much of it you have, making the most out of your green spaces will help your property's value and also your own mental health after long days of work.
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