Since ancient times, after the development of tools, man began to build a house of wood. After evolution, man for thousands of years continues to improve the construction of his home. Of course, modern technologies have simplified the construction, provided a wide opportunity for imagination, but the basic knowledge about the properties of wooden structures pass from generation to generation. Consider ways to connect wooden parts.

The desire of summer residents to decorate their site, to make it convenient and comfortable, using improvised materials, lead to the appearance of interesting design solutions. The universal material for the realization of unusual ideas are old tires.

Funny crafts made of tires can revive any corner of a summer cottage: a flower bed, an artificial pond, a garden path or a playground. In addition to decorative design, tires can also carry out the practical functions of furniture, a swimming pool, a sandbox or a bicycle parking.

Children's games in the fresh air in winter should be active, and in order to diversify them, adults will have to work hard and build a skating rink or a snow slide. Moreover, children can be involved in the construction work, instructing them to perform accessible and simplest work areas. Joint work in the fresh air will bring the guys no less pleasure than the games themselves.

It is difficult to name a more favorite form of winter recreation than skiing or ice skating. And if the pleasure of skiing depends entirely on the capricious nature - you only have to dream about them in snowless winters, then it’s quite possible to equip the ice rink at the cottage yourself. Although at first glance the task seems extremely simple, knowledge of how to properly fill the rink is still required. High-quality filling of the rink - akin to art, carelessly poured water from a hose, freezing, leads to the formation of an uneven surface.

Even in a wooden house, only wooden wall surfaces are not always needed. Indeed, for greater comfort, it is better to stick wallpaper in the bedroom, in the kitchen and the bathroom, coming up from the practical side of the operation of these rooms, lay the tiles on the walls. But how to do that? Walls: wooden? It is impossible to plaster and level them with ordinary plaster mixes! There is a way: dry plaster! And what is it and how to use it, read on.

Autumn is the time of fogs and drizzling rains, rare sun rays with regret give their warmth to the yellowed leaves that have frozen in the wind. Every day it gets cooler, and look, one morning the first frost will appear on the grass.

But the owners of cottages do not have to give in to despondency, the autumn time is the time for completing all field work and harvesting, actively preparing for the winter. Fruitful work in the autumn garden is often the key to a rich harvest next year.

If you want to make an original apartment, experiment with new materials.

In cold winters, often there is not enough heat that gives us central heating or a stove. And country houses, in which heating is not provided, are often visited in the winter. To create comfortable conditions in a cool room and in an unheated cottage, heaters will help.