Having built a private house, having finished all the finishing work, the owners believe that the main construction is completed and the amount of usable space will be enough for everyone for a long time. But time passes, the children grow up, acquire their own families, grandchildren grow up - the family becomes large and when everyone gathers under one roof, the question becomes acute where to place everyone.

Many summer residents do not want to trouble themselves with the creation of complex engineering structures in their area. Firstly, it is palpable for the budget, and secondly, most often you have to use the services of hired specialists, which is also not cheap and, moreover, the result is unpredictable. It is quite possible to build individual structures of buildings yourself, especially since now there are options that do not require special preparation for their installation. The only important thing is desire and some imagination. Consider the case when it is necessary to make a canopy of a country house. It’s difficult to build a massive porch of brick or wood without the help of a specialist, but you can do it yourself with your own hands to make a light polycarbonate porch on metal or wooden supports.

Flowering action bushes, especially planted in a row, create an abundantly flowering wall. We will tell you about this magnificent shrub in detail.

If you do all the basic work with your own hands, you can save a lot of thousands of rubles and not really strain your body if all the cement work is done using a concrete mixer.

Slate material is durable, its service life is at least 30 years, but all the same, over time, while maintaining its performance, it loses its visual appeal. The general appearance of the country house suffers, because the roof occupies a large visible space. Dark traces of constant contact with water look ugly and it is possible to get rid of them only with the help of paint. In addition to the effect of giving freshness, the paint will protect the slate from the harmful effects of the environment and will additionally extend its service life, as it eliminates microcracks and pores. Observing some rules, painting the slate with your own hands is simple. One of the conditions for the successful completion of this operation is proper surface preparation and a successful selection of paint for slate, which we will talk about with this article.

The Soviet past makes us distrust and prejudice about new developments in the construction industry. And the high cost of trendy building materials scares. Meanwhile, along with really not very necessary and expensive fashionable little things, practical and very beautiful decoration elements appear on our arsenal, the existence of which a few years ago we had no idea. These things can be safely attributed to the protective apron installed in the kitchen. In city apartments, this is already a familiar thing, but people who spend a lot of time in the country and strive to create a stylish interior of a country house must definitely look at this option for decorating a country kitchen, especially since it’s not difficult to make a glass apron with your own hands.

Illumination of a personal plot is, first of all, necessary for the personal safety of the owners. In addition, it helps to protect the territory from uninvited guests. And, of course, it’s just wonderful if this lighting system is comfortable and complements the night landscape, making the homestead very beautiful. This article will discuss how to make the control of garden lighting the most comfortable. And everyone will choose the design, type of fixtures to their liking.

Familiar, for Russians, brick is a cold material during construction. A huge amount of energy is spent on heating a brick house, and with a real active increase in energy prices, such an expense is unacceptable. How to get out of this situation? We offer the use of modern blocks of lightweight concrete and porous ceramics.