The purchase of a suburban or summer cottage site is connected with a person’s desire to get a good rest in conditions as close as possible to wildlife. We relax digging in the beds with vegetables or planting a garden, caring for beautiful flowers in the flower beds, but from time to time there is a need to admire the garden design created by our own hands, to spend the evening talking with friends in the fresh air. Naturally, the best place for a pleasant pastime will be a gazebo. Its construction is a rather interesting process, it is quite possible to carry out all its stages with your own hands. Projects of modern gazebos are very diverse, it will not be difficult to choose the suitable one in terms of complexity and means that will be needed for the construction of the object.

Content:

1.   Where to start construction - determine the type  video
2. Choose material
3. Features of the gazebo in a modern style video
4. We build a beautiful gazebo with our own hands - the order of construction work
5. DIY construction of a gazebo in a modern style from polycarbonate video  video
6. How to decorate a finished building beautifully

Where to start construction - determine the type

First you need to decide whether the room will be used only in the summer, or whether it should also be suitable for winter recreation. Exclusively for summer holidays, you can build an open gazebo, consisting only of a roof, supports and floor. Inside, you can place a table and benches, but it will be impossible to rest in the cold season or during heavy rain in such a structure.

A closed gazebo has walls, the material for their construction can be a grid, wood, polycarbonate, glass, such a structure can be supplemented with a fireplace or heated with electrical appliances, it will be quite comfortable even in winter cold.

It will be necessary to think over what dimensions a gazebo should have - everything will depend on the number of family members who usually rest in the countryside, for those who like to invite guests - it is imperative to take into account that a beautiful gazebo should accommodate the whole company.

It will not be out of place to initially solve the issue of functionality - depending on the planned recreation options, it may be necessary to adjust the size of the structure, for example, a modern arbor with a barbecue will require a little more space for installing the brazier itself and the equipment of the kitchenette.

The most original and attractive arbors created from living plants, they fit perfectly into any landscape design. Hops and wild grapes, honeysuckle, ivy, dogwood can be used to create them.

Choose material for the gazebo

Ideally, the material of manufacture should correspond to the material from which the house and other buildings on the site are made, but there are times when the gazebo looks more interesting, made in the spirit and in accordance with the elements of the garden decor. For example, a structure made of natural stone, located next to the rockery, of an unusual shape, will look original and attractive. When making compromise decisions, you should carefully consider whether the overall style of the garden will suffer.

If funds allow, it is best to get the advice of a professional designer.

It will not be superfluous to take into account how practical this or that material is. The most expensive, forged gazebo will be the most durable, but it is appropriate only if other structures on the site, for example, a house, a fence and a gate, a balustrade, are already decorated with forged fragments.

The stone arbor will be no less durable, in addition, on a summer day it will be quite cool in it. But such an arbor will not be appropriate in every garden design. In practice, combined variants are more often constructed in which the stone base and the lower part of the arbor are combined with the wood from which its upper part is made.

Very beautiful arbors are built from a wooden log house or planed board, but the period of existence of such arbors will completely depend on the correctness and systematic care of them - after all, wood under the influence of moisture can simply rot.

Features of the gazebo in a modern style

It will also be necessary to coordinate the project of future construction with the general style decision of the site and the architecture of other structures located on it. The correctly chosen style of the gazebo will make it an important component of the overall design of the garden, the beauty of which can emphasize its perfection and sophistication.

Today in the suburban areas you can find gazebos made in different architectural styles:

• classic
• rustic
• east
• forest
• modern.

Each of them has its own characteristics, for example, a gazebo in a modern style - this is a building:

• practical
• functional, usually equipped with a barbecue oven,
• with a concise design
• during the construction of which a wide variety of materials are used, including recently appeared on the construction market.

Today, designers prefer to use natural materials in their designs, but at the same time, the gazebo in a modern style will be distinguished by the refinement of details and simplicity of forms, the severity of straight lines.

For modern construction, another feature is characteristic - the high speed of the construction of objects. In fact, you can erect a gazebo made of polycarbonate in a matter of days, or even hours.

During construction today, they use such a technique as frameless glazing. The most successful option is the combination of glass with metal, characterized by a long service life and ease of installation. Metal structures quite successfully compete with traditional wooden ones.

A very important point is the high functionality of the structures - one of the most important tasks of modern design is the successful combination of the attractiveness of the structure and its usefulness. From here:

• focus on the creation of gazebos with barbecue, giving the opportunity to cook meat and vegetables immediately before serving,
• the desire to create enclosed gazebos that allow you to relax in them at any time of the year, providing protection from insects in the summer,
• preference for projects of gazebos with a larger area, in which you can place not only a table and chairs, but also more comfortable furniture.

Among the characteristic features of the modern style should be called the originality of forms and a non-standard approach to the choice of materials and design solutions, a bold combination of colors and shades.

We build a beautiful gazebo with our own hands - the order of construction work

It’s not at all difficult to build a modern gazebo with your own hands, of course, it is advisable to adhere to a certain algorithm of work.

1. First of all, the correct layout is important, i.e. determination of the optimal shape, size, material, preparation of the necessary building tools and the acquisition of comfortable garden furniture.
2. The place for accommodation should be chosen so that it is shaded in the daytime, and at sunset time as much sunlight as possible can get into it.
3. Depending on how heavy materials are chosen for the construction of walls and roofs, the type of foundation is determined.
4. The type of roofing material should also be selected depending on the strength of the structural elements and not create too much pressure on the supporting structures.
5. The foundation and frame are erected in strict accordance with the chosen project.

DIY construction of a gazebo in a modern style from polycarbonate

We will not repeat all the advantages of such a material as polycarbonate, we recall only the most important ones that are of the greatest importance in the construction of the gazebo:

• light weight to minimize foundation costs,
• high coefficient of thermal insulation, which allows the operation of the structure in autumn and winter,
• transparency, i.e. the opportunity to get an attractive view of the structure and good natural light in the daytime,
• strength superior to that of glass
• environmental friendliness - at any temperature, the material does not exude fumes harmful to humans.

After marking on the terrain the points of installation of the support posts, you will need to dig holes of the appropriate depth, install the supports and concrete them. The construction of the gazebo itself begins with the assembly of the frame, any material can be used - metal, plastic, wood. To connect fragments of the frame, the fasteners appropriate to the material are used - screws, nails or self-tapping screws.

Roof details are marked on a polycarbonate sheet of the appropriate size, cut with a hacksaw, holes for fasteners are prepared at the marked points, and rubber gaskets will be required for installation. Next, the roof is assembled. When the roof is ready, you will need to cut out pieces of polycarbonate corresponding to the size of the walls and strengthen them.

If you have experience in the implementation of structures made of polycarbonate, then you can use the projects are not quite ordinary architectural solutions of the form and build a gazebo spherical or dome-shaped.

Since it will be possible to devote summer evenings to relaxation, you should take care of the electricity supply and the installation of lighting devices. It can be ordinary garden lights, wall sconces, you can also use LED lighting. If there is a desire to decorate a night garden, then the illumination of the gazebo can be done outside with an LED strip.

How to beautifully design a finished gazebo

Since even a beautiful building, located separately, will look somewhat lonely,

Specialists recommend paying attention to the appropriate design of the territory adjacent to it. For example, around the building, you can smash a beautiful lawn with flower beds, plant interesting, unusual shrubs, create a rockery or rutary near it, and build a small artificial reservoir.

You can also plant climbing plants next to the arbor, such as dogrose or roses, clematis, honeysuckles. If the style does not provide for its external landscaping, then pots with beautiful flowers can be installed inside the arbor itself.

Author: Sergey and Svetlana Khuentsov

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