To add an aristocratic chic look to your suburban dwelling, to decorate and green the territory, and also to protect yourself from prying eyes of neighbors will help a hedge. What is it, how to choose plants for a functional, fast-growing and necessarily beautiful, hedge, how to look after them later, let's try to figure out our article.

In any house, sooner or later, the roof begins to leak. It's not even a matter of poor quality work and the wrong choice of materials. The reason, most often, is the ordinary wear of materials for the roof, because the shelf life of each of them has its limitations. You can fix leaks and repair the roof yourself, without resorting to the services of professionals. The main thing is to learn more about some of the features of your roof and act on this basis.

The basement is an easily vulnerable part of the building, which is constantly exposed to various mechanical effects, the negative manifestation of climatic conditions. At the moment, the list of finishing materials intended for facing not only the basement, but also the facade of the building as a whole, is headed by basement siding. Due to its unique texture, it not only protects the external walls from destruction, but also gives the building an additional aesthetic appeal.

In household plots, more and more often you can find cozy, practical small paved areas, equipped with a table, chairs, armchairs and other attributes of relaxation. Such patios are called patios, which from Spanish translate as a house without a roof.

You can equip an outdoor courtyard near any country house, regardless of the size and landscape design of the adjacent plot. Indeed, the patio is a universal courtyard that allows you to visually expand the territory of the house and increase living space.

Today, it is increasingly possible to encounter the use of autonomous garden lamps in household plots, solar panels for which are the main source of power. They successfully continue to occupy their niche in landscape design and are used not only as a way of additional lighting, but also as a unique decorative element of the landscape, regardless of its sophistication. But, in view of the fact that not everyone can afford electric lighting equipment on a site, a rational solution was found out of the current situation, which implies the use of solar energy.

In recent years, the construction of country houses not in one but in several floors has become a kind of tradition. Of course, the staircase for such a house is an integral attribute not only of a necessity, but also an additional element of the interior, with which you can emphasize the special style of the room and create the appropriate atmosphere in it. In this article we will look at all the existing types of stairs and talk in detail about how to make a spiral staircase in a private house with your own hands.

The construction of the house is completed, but the owners still have a lot of trouble, primarily aimed at ensuring the safety of their new home. Building constructions, no matter how strong they may seem at first glance, without proper protection can significantly suffer from the effects of frost, snow and rain, winds. This influence on the foundation is especially dangerous, because its deformation or partial destruction can adversely affect the strength of the entire structure of the house. As a protective measure around the house, it is recommended to build a blind area - it is it that is designed to protect the foundation from the damaging effects of rainfall.

It is no secret that many experts consider wood an obsolete material, which is largely inferior to synthetic products. Non-natural materials surpass wood in many respects, and are often chosen by consumers as the most durable materials for decoration. But, given the pleasant aroma and environmental safety, it should be noted that not a single synthetic material was able to completely displace the tree from the market of finishing materials. On the contrary, experts made a lot of efforts to strengthen the position of wood in the construction market.