Garden - What would you do?
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The grass can't go down until the lawn is edged (which in turn can't happen until the electrician has been and run cables in the conduit).
Most of the coping stones are fitted (a few missing + they need the edge putting on them), they've been installing edging around the patio today.
If i'm honest the amount of rain since Friday has made work slow going and the garden is rather wet to say the least!
To give some perspective the picture below was taken from the same window in September 2017):
Most of the coping stones are fitted (a few missing + they need the edge putting on them), they've been installing edging around the patio today.
If i'm honest the amount of rain since Friday has made work slow going and the garden is rather wet to say the least!
To give some perspective the picture below was taken from the same window in September 2017):
Edited by pmanson on Tuesday 18th August 14:43
Work has continued (delayed a little waiting for the led strips to arrive).
Patio furniture has arrived and the pergola is up (although will need a little modification with the angle grinder due to the fall on the patio and the roof/sides need fitting).
For the 1st time since we moved in four years ago we ate outside as a family.
I'm currently sat outside with the radio and it's great to see how far we've come...
The pergola will push back in the corner a little more once the electrician has run cables through for a light
Love the little details like how they've cut the corner edging
Patio furniture has arrived and the pergola is up (although will need a little modification with the angle grinder due to the fall on the patio and the roof/sides need fitting).
For the 1st time since we moved in four years ago we ate outside as a family.
I'm currently sat outside with the radio and it's great to see how far we've come...
The pergola will push back in the corner a little more once the electrician has run cables through for a light
Love the little details like how they've cut the corner edging
Johnnytheboy said:
Not a dig at the OP but a general observation : the current trend in garden design seems to be heavily influenced by Mondrian, i.e. all rectangles.
I don't think there is more than one or two straight lines in my whole garden.
Straight lines are chaos in my book. A garden should be natural.I don't think there is more than one or two straight lines in my whole garden.
Boosted LS1 said:
Johnnytheboy said:
Not a dig at the OP but a general observation : the current trend in garden design seems to be heavily influenced by Mondrian, i.e. all rectangles.
I don't think there is more than one or two straight lines in my whole garden.
Straight lines are chaos in my book. A garden should be natural.I don't think there is more than one or two straight lines in my whole garden.
Rampant Golf said:
that looks so smart! You must be delighted. Is the led strip light just a waterproof rope fed from an outdoor mains supply?
Its LED tape (fully waterproof), there are four separate circuits (back wall, steps, seating area and front walls). All run off a sonoff controller so it's controlled via alexa (dusk to dawn type thing). It's glued (grip fill type stuff) to the slabs and all the ends are sealed so fully water tight. We're over the moon with it, with three kids and the previous small patio we've never really been able to sit outside and eat as a family, now we can. The whole space works really well
Straight edges are about control and chaos. I'd add a space for wild things to create some natural order. Maybe a space for wild flowers to run riot. You'd have bees and hover flies then and maybe even a dragonfly. A tiny pond or wet scrape 'linered' would bring a huge amount of life to what may be a sterile place. my daughter has a tiny pond I made, it's awesome, frogs, insects and all sorts of stuf going on in just 3 weeks.
ScottJB said:
As said in the other thread - that's a great transformation.
Don't have a link for your paving slabs by any chance do you?
Paving slabs https://www.londonstone.co.uk/porcelain-paving/bud...Don't have a link for your paving slabs by any chance do you?
We didn't use the coping stones, instead the landscapers cut down the slabs and then ground the edges down
The cladding was from the same place
https://www.londonstone.co.uk/wall-cladding/natura...
ClaphamGT3 said:
Boosted LS1 said:
Johnnytheboy said:
Not a dig at the OP but a general observation : the current trend in garden design seems to be heavily influenced by Mondrian, i.e. all rectangles.
I don't think there is more than one or two straight lines in my whole garden.
Straight lines are chaos in my book. A garden should be natural.I don't think there is more than one or two straight lines in my whole garden.
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