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Gazebos are enjoying renewed popularity as homeowners appreciate their valuable contribution to a pleasing landscape design.
Gazebos offer a wonderful perch for savouring your outdoor environment. These self-contained structures can be sited just about anywhere, giving you a chance to escape your house in favour of fresh air picturesque vistas.
Gazebo is a shortened combination of the two word "gaze about". Gazebos offer so much more; at their best, gazebos are lovely architectural gems, designed as much to be looked at as they are to be looked out of.
These relatively simple, affordable structures can add personality to a featureless garden
On rugged terrain, they offer a vantage point from an otherwise inaccessible location, serving as a resting point for both eyes and the legs
Compared to most decks, gazebos provide more utility and protection
What structure has more potential to define a series of outdoor rooms? A gazebo can welcome visitors to your woodland, serve as an outdoor dining pavilion when entertaining, and add beauty to your garden.
Today, gazebos are available in a great range of prices, including less-expensive kits which are affordable to most homeowners. On the high end, you can have a gazebo custom-made with luxury features, including running water and electricity. An attractive well-placed gazebo is worth the cost, adding immeasurably to the beauty and usefulness of the garden. In addition to being a special place for contemplating a view and meditating, a gazebo is a wonderful place to entertain.
Garden benches - valuable garden ornaments
No landscape is complete without seating. A garden bench or seat is both a place to sit and an ornament. As an ornament it should be decorative, perhaps serving as a focal point. It should be made of materials that are attractive, durable, comfortable, and suited to the style of the garden. When shopping for a seat, the best test of comfort is to actually sit down and see how it feels.
The positioning of a seat or bench in your garden is critical. Put one in a herb garden or near fragrant flowers so that you can enjoy their wonderful scents.
Let a seat be a destination at the end of a long walk; guests will appreciate the chance to rest. Of course, a stunning view demands a bench or seat so that visitors can linger comfortably and contemplate the scene.
A secret garden also needs a place to sit.
Think about how the furniture placement will enhance the garden as well as how the position will entice people to sit there. Remember to include tables and chairs in your plan. A well-chosen set adds a wonderful element to the garden.
Whether it's large enough to serve a meal for several people or a cosy table for two, a table extends the time you can spend just enjoying your landscape.
In an informal garden you can make a charming seat from items you might find on your property, such as a slab of stone or a slice of trunk laid horizontally.
Graceful benches made of wrought iron can look beautiful in formal settings. Painted furniture can also add a pleasing dimension to the garden, but consider how the colour will look in its setting.
