I always want to decorate my garden or dacha plot in such a way that it would be pleasant for myself and I could surprise my neighbors! How do you think barrels can be used in the country?

Of course, the first thing that comes in response is:

- gather rainwater. This is of course very important!! The water given to us, how can we not use it in a good way. Well, of course, the barrel needs to be decorated so that you can admire it!

Can be done summer house for a faithful watchman.

A house for children who love to play mother and daughter. Such a cozy house, with windows and curtains, and decorate it with a beautiful pattern.

For relaxing in the garden, it’s really possible to make such a waterproof garden furniture. You can come up with many design options for such furniture, I offer options that I found on the Internet.

To collect green mass from summer cottage for the formation of organic fertilizer.

Planting vegetables too good option! Tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, strawberries are great options for growing vegetables and berries in already unnecessary metal barrels. And the barrels can also be painted!!

The flowerbed is a locomotive, I think that not many people can see such a use for a barrel. And it's good fun for kids too!

A wonderful cabinet for storing dishes and an option to prevent rodents from accessing food supplies!

Outdoor barbecue.

Lamps, if the barrels are not standard, but smaller. Drill holes using a drill according to the design you came up with, apply paint, install electrical equipment and the whole dacha will glow in the evening!

A small pond for a summer residence.

- container for swimming!

So you got acquainted with the proposed options and found out what can be made from barrels in the country.

And how to decorate barrels used for irrigation is in the article.

An old barrel turns into: a dog kennel or bed, a minibar, an armchair, a stool, a pouf. From this container you can make pieces of furniture for your home and garden.

How to make a kennel, a dog bed from a barrel?

Kennel

Sometimes store owners throw away old wooden barrels. After all, such containers eventually become unsuitable for storing cucumbers, sauerkraut. If you find such a trophy, then a dog kennel will cost almost nothing. You can buy an old barrel inexpensively and also save a lot of money.

1. But you definitely need to wash it well inside and out, and let it dry completely for several days. To prevent drafts in the dog's house, if the boards come apart, connect them.
2. If the gaps are small, you can place an open barrel in a pond with stones inside. The wood will get wet within 3-5 and fill the gaps.
3. The dried container must be coated with an antiseptic and dried again. And if the barrel is in poor condition, first treat its surface with sandpaper. Now a hole is cut on one side of such a size that the dog can pass freely. Based on your preference, make it round, rectangular or arched.
4. Level the area for the kennel, pour crushed stones here. Better yet, lay down the slabs.
5. The old barrel must be well secured. Place 2 thick beams on the prepared platform and attach it to them. You can make two voluminous legs from boards and fix it on them.
6. If you have a jigsaw, cut out decorations from wood for the entrance, for the kennel, and attach them with self-tapping screws.
7. If there are no cracks in the barrel and sediment does not flow into it, you can leave the dog house as is. If they are available, for reliability it is better to cover the roof with roofing felt or polycarbonate. You can make a 2-slope roof from wood, and then cover it with any of these materials or using others.

It’s not at all difficult to make a kennel with your own hands from old barrel. If you are looking for an even simpler option, then check out how to make a dog bed from the same container.

Bed

As you can see, you can create it in two ways, cutting lengthwise and crosswise. But first you also need to prepare the container by washing, drying, painting it with an antiseptic or varnish.

1. To make it easier for your dog to get around, make the cutout in the front of the bed a little larger than in other places. Treat the cut surface to ensure there are no sharp parts or splinters. This cutout can be straight or rounded.
2. If the dog is large, then cut the barrel lengthwise rather than crosswise. To secure the edges, nail a board horizontally on one side and the other. Unlike the first option, this dog bed is unstable. Therefore, attach beams or curly legs to it from below, it will turn out beautiful place pet rest.
3. Place a blanket inside to help him sleep softly. You can sew a mattress into a round bed. To do this, measure the diameter of the barrel. Cut two circles of fabric this size. Determine the size of the arc, cut a strip of the same material to that length.
4. Sew it on the side to the first and second circle to connect these parts. Leave a gap through which you insert a soft filler - padding polyester, holofiber or the like. Sew up the hole in the arms. A similar mattress is shown in the second top photo on the right. And underneath there is another one.
5. This mattress has soft edges. The dog will position itself in the center of the bed and will not touch the sides of the barrel. To do this, you can start creating a mattress, as in the version just described, but stitch off the inner circle, leaving part of it unsewn. Place the filling here and sew up the hole. Now fill the outer ring using more stuffing and sew up the hole.

DIY coffee table from an old barrel

It can also be created by placing it on the bottom or sawing it in half. One old barrel will turn into two identical tables. Make shaped legs from boards to secure the workpiece. Place on top wooden table top, secure it with self-tapping screws. To achieve a unified style, paint wooden parts table in one color.

For the second idea, such a container is sawn crosswise in half. You will get blanks for two tables. Tempered glass is placed on top of them so that it does not move, use special fixing gaskets.

To decorate the table, you can put wooden dowels, beautiful stones, shells or photographs on the top of the barrel, and cover the top with glass.

If you need a high table, then do not saw the barrel, but make it from a solid one, this can even be used as a bar counter. By the way, if you want to make exactly this, it will also come in handy interior space containers.

Make a vertical cut in an old barrel. Remove the separated element. Attach hinges to it and to the barrel, hang this door, fixing the handle on it. Do it inside round shelf or use a barrel lid for it. You can artificially age such a mini-cellar by covering it with stain of the appropriate shade.

If you want to make the bar counter even higher, then screw the legs to the lid and fix this tabletop on top of the container. Under it you can store glasses, beer mugs or other low items for your home bar.

If you cut out a tabletop, attach one edge to a block to the wall, and place the other on a barrel, you will get a large table.

Don’t throw away the remaining round scraps from this container, but attach them to the wall. Make sections of planks inside this hoop. Here you can store bottles by placing them horizontally.

Old barrels in interior decor

To make the room unique, also use old barrels. Trimming this container will be interesting decorative element, if you attach it to the wall.

And the rest will turn into a bedside table. You can paint it the color you want.

And the decoupage technique will allow you to use the Provence style to turn your bedroom into a quiet corner of France. To do this, take:

• napkins with a Provence pattern;
• PVA glue;
• water-based varnish;
• tassels.

Remove the tops of the napkins - these are the only ones you will need. To prevent these thin paper parts from tearing, lubricate the parts of the barrel that you will decorate with PVA, not them. When the glue has dried, cover the surface of the napkins with water-based or decoupage varnish. You can use a special one with a craquelure effect. Small cracks will allow you to achieve the effect of antiquity.

You can make not one, but two bedside tables for spouses.

If you saw off one small side of an old barrel and place the container against the wall, you will get an original washbasin. Of course, you need to make a hole at the top for the sink and a small door at the bottom to serve it and store it here detergents or a trash can.

Home comfort begins right at the entrance to the room. Place a barrel on both sides of the door so that family members and guests can put canes and umbrellas here.

It will also be unique in the kitchen if you use this container, boards, and cover it all with the same stain.

Leave the bottom of the barrel, sawing out its sides to create legs. Here's a stylish stool you can make with your own hands.

And as you can see, not only him. You can create a cozy chair by cutting off the top of an old barrel. Metal hoops are bent to become legs. The back and seat are made soft using foam rubber and furniture fabric.

Can be done hinged lid in the seat to store various little things here. If you want to make the work easier, then you need to make a pouf from half a barrel.

You can use it individual elements to make bar stools, stools, and a lounge chair. To do this, the old barrel must be reconstructed; the side boards are removed from it, then they are used.

If you have even minor parts left from this container, they will also come in handy. Make containers for fruit out of them. And if you attach the boards to the side, you can also put a bottle of wine here. In skillful hands, the individual elements of the barrel will turn into a hanger for wine glasses.

Here's what original chandeliers made from old barrels.

Ideas for a summer house made from old barrels

You will have wonderful country furniture if you use this container. For a table and bench, planks taken from a barrel will do. To do this, it is first washed well and then disassembled. The legs are made from bars, but the connecting elements for them are all from the same old barrel. You can cut out a large side panel in it, leaving small ones on both sides, attach the cut-out boards instead of the seat and back and relax on such a rocking sofa. You can also make a rocking chair on three legs from such containers.

If a feast is planned, put ice in half a barrel and place bottles here. Guests can enjoy cool drinks on a hot day.

And the second half of this container will become a firewood rack. This is how branches and kindling materials will lie neatly.

Rainwater is good for irrigation and washing. Place the barrel under the drain and let it fill when it rains. You can make it from an old barrel decorative pond, planting here aquatic plants in pots or by placing artificial ones.

To make it more convenient to use such containers for watering and washing hands, attach a tap at the bottom. Then you need to place this container on half of another barrel so that the tap is at the desired height.

As you can see, wall-hung washbasins made of this material will look great in the countryside. Here the old barrel will turn into an element of landscape design.

To make a flower garden, as in the top photo on the left, you will need:

• barrel;
• tools;
• antiseptic;
• brush;
• bars;
• screws or nails.

Making master class:

1. Build from bars rectangular base For original flower garden. Place half of the barrel on it, fixing it by first securing the sides of the barrel with planks. Pour soil inside and plant flowers.
2. For the next flower garden, a completely old barrel will do. It is laid horizontally, soil is poured inside and next to it, and flowers are planted. You will achieve an interesting effect if you plant flowers blue color, and pour blue stones near the barrel. It will seem like water is pouring out of it.
3. Place a timber or an old tree trunk in half a barrel or in a tub, and nail birdhouses on top. It will work out ancient castle, in which birds will happily settle.
4. Remove some from the barrel wooden elements to fill the resulting space with flowers. Leave the bottom intact and add soil here.

Take the following ideas for giving into service:

1. If you still have the lower part of an empty barrel, cut it in half and place it against the wall of the building. Can be secured with self-tapping screws. Plant plants in this flower garden.
2. Can be done vertical flower bed, placing wooden planks on part of the barrel in an almost chaotic order.
3. And if one is placed horizontally, the second vertically, from a distance it will seem that a stream of color is rushing from the top to the bottom.

A hammock and swing in the country are simply necessary. To make a hammock, take:

• barrel;
• strong rope;
• drill;
• self-tapping screws;
• stain;
• brush;
• saw;

Then follow this plan:

1. Remove the hoops from the barrel if the planks different lengths, use a saw to give them the same size.
2. Cover these parts with stain and let it dry. You can also use varnish.
3. Make holes at one and the other end of the boards with a drill, thread a rope here, and secure it well. Tie secure loops at the ends and hang the hammock.

To make a swing in the country, you only need 3 planks from a barrel. Prepare them, screw in the fasteners here, fix the rope on them.

Stylish country furniture, consisting of a low table and an armchair, will all come out of the same container. For the table you only need upper part barrels, and for the chair - separate boards. By the way, if you arrange them as in lower photos, you will get original chairs that can be folded and unfolded.

Craftsmen make it from old barrels gas stoves. Of course, in such work it is necessary to observe safety measures. And lovers of outdoor recreation with beer can make cooling devices for this drink by making a horizontal or vertical door.

Here's how many useful and creative things you can make if you have an old barrel or several such containers.

What else you can do for your dacha with your own hands from an old wooden barrel, see the video below:

Metal barrels are often left on the site after completion. construction work and repairs. For some, it's just garbage or a simple water container. And for craftsmen and people with imagination, a metal barrel - excellent material to create useful and beautiful things that will be useful in the household.

The simplest option is a flowerbed in a painted barrel. Special labor You don’t need to put any effort into it, but the end result will be very beautiful.

Which child can resist such a real train, where the barrels received steering wheels, seats and were put on wheels? The question is rhetorical, most likely, you will have to give rides to all the neighbor’s children, because your own will definitely boast about dad’s creation.

A metal barrel can become a spacious storage facility. If this version of a chest of drawers seems too brutal for your home, why not adapt a barrel for storing all kinds of tools in the garage.

A nest for laying hens in a barrel is also a good option for those who breed poultry. Just don't forget about the bedding.

Furniture made from old metal barrels - separate topic. What is not made from these items - chairs, garden benches, coffee tables, even sofas and bar stools.

Convenient and durable option creating a stand for washing in the country or in summer kitchen. If it is not possible to connect the water supply and drain, you can always adapt a metal barrel as a base for a washstand.

As we see, metal barrels- an excellent material for creating a wide variety of functional items. We hope our photo selection will inspire you to create something similar, and perhaps you will be able to do something even more creative!

Metal barrels are often left on the site after construction and repairs are completed. For some, it's just garbage or a simple water container. And for craftsmen and people with imagination, a metal barrel is an excellent material for creating useful and beautiful things that will be useful in the household.

The simplest option is a flowerbed in a painted barrel. You don’t need to put in much effort, and the end result will be very beautiful.

Which child can resist such a real train, where the barrels received steering wheels, seats and were put on wheels? The question is rhetorical, most likely, you will have to give rides to all the neighbor’s children, because your own will definitely boast about dad’s creation.

A metal barrel can become a spacious storage facility. If this version of a chest of drawers seems too brutal for your home, why not adapt a barrel for storing all kinds of tools in the garage.

A nest for laying hens in a barrel is also a good option for those who breed poultry. Just don't forget about the bedding.

Furniture made from old metal barrels is a separate issue. They make a lot of things out of these items - armchairs, garden benches, coffee tables, even sofas and bar stools.

A convenient and durable option for creating a sink stand in the country house or in the summer kitchen. If it is not possible to connect the water supply and drain, you can always adapt a metal barrel as a base for a washstand.

As you can see, metal barrels are an excellent material for creating a wide variety of functional items. We hope our photo selection will inspire you to create something similar, and perhaps you will be able to do something even more creative!