You don’t need to be a professional landscape designer to make your backyard look like a million bucks. All you need is a bit of patience and a couple of amazing ideas and in no time your backyard will be transformed into a breathtaking oasis.
Green grass, colorful flowers, nice stone paths, and a water fountain – all of these when put together can create a backyard of your dreams.
Here, we made a list of some of the best backyard ideas that won’t break your budget but will still give you the inspiration to redo and redesign your backyard.
Without further ado, let’s take a look at these amazing backyard ideas.
Landscaping Ideas
First, take a step back and see what you’re working with – what absolutely needs to be changed and what can stay. Depending on what you want your backyard to look like and deciding who will be using it you can move on from there. There are tons of amazing backyard ideas that you can take inspiration from.
Do you want your backyard to have a modern vibe, or maybe a Mediterranean look is what you’re aiming at? Does your backyard need to be multipurpose? All of these things matter when you’re deciding what you want to do with the landscaping.
Inexpensive plants and flowers
Planting flowers and plants can drastically change the whole look of your backyard if that’s something you want to achieve. However, both plants and flowers can be expensive.
The best way to get the bang for your buck is to invest in perennials. This is because perennials live more than two years so you won’t be required to change them every so often, plus they are fairly low maintenance.
They come in many different types and colors and can work in almost every backyard style. They are decorative, colorful, and will be a great addition to your backyard!
Backyard grass
The grass is an amazing addition to every backyard, especially if you’re trying to make your yard multi-purpose. If the conditions are good, the grass is an amazing lawn covering material – soft, green, and easy to maintain.
However, planting grass takes time and then no one can guarantee you that the grass you planted will give you the wanted uniform texture and look. And also get ready to mow the lawn a lot in the foreseeable future.
This doesn’t mean that you should give up your dream of having grass in your backyard – there are still great options and solutions. The growing trend in the world is artificial grass. Economical and hard-wearing artificial grass is meant to replicate the real lawn but without all the disadvantages of the real grass. This means that you can have green grass without having to mow the lawn, water, or weed it.
Your backyard can be green and beautiful without much effort and maintenance.
Unique planters
Planting your flowers and plants into pots and planters of all kinds can add interest and personality to your backyard. Apart from giving height to plants, planters can be made to visually enhance your garden.
You can DIY your own planter by using an old chair and painting it a nice color, or you can paint old cans and plant flowers in there too. An old wooden crate, metal buckets can give a rustic feel to your backyard.
For a more Mediterranean feel of your garden, you can source terracotta or clay pots. They will give your backyard a simple yet elegant look.
In case you’re going for a more natural and organic style, you can use a hollow log as a planter. Also, indoor hanging planters are in style these days so why not use them for outdoor garden decoration as well.
Create a fire pit and a water feature
Regardless of how small or big, your backyard is you can have both a fire pit and a water feature. Your tranquility oasis wouldn’t be complete without a fire pit and a water feature.
Many people don’t see how these two can go together as they are opposing elements, but the truth is when paired together they can create visually pleasing, relaxing, and amazing displays. So, if you don’t want to choose between these two, then pair them and you won’t be wrong.
You can make an outdoor firepit, however small or large you want. You can do this by using bricks, stones, or concrete in order to create the pit, also metal constructions such as planters can be used as well.
As for water features, here too, you have various options depending on how small or big you want your feature to be. From a simple urn turned into a water feature to a water wall – whatever floats your boat.
And if all this seems a bit too complicated for you, you can easily create a nice little pond by filling a larger metal planter with water and water plants and voila – a nice water feature without too much trouble.
DIY a pergola
A pergola apart from looking really nice also provides you with a shaded sitting area. The thing about pergolas is that people usually think they are expensive and difficult to make.
Quite the contrary, DIYing a pergola is nothing complicated nor expensive. All you need to do is take the right measures and start working on creating your own nicely shaded area.
Depending on the size of your backyard and the size you want your pergola to be, you can find amazing DIY pergola plans. One of these designs might be ideal for what you had in mind for your backyard.
Gazebo lounge
In case pergola is not what you had in mind, you can always install a gazebo. The main difference between the pergola and gazebo is the roof. A gazebo has a completely covered roof to protect you both from the sun and rain.
If you are leaning more towards the gazebo, you can find nice metal gazebo structures or you can try to DIY a wooden one yourself.
Once you have a gazebo you can create a nice outdoor lounge area where you can place comfy outdoor furniture, a rug, and nice string lights to make the perfect ambiance. Of course, all this doesn’t have to cost a lot of money if you decide to thrift your outdoor furniture.
Creating these lounge areas in your backyard will give a more inviting and relaxing look to your backyard. It will also completely transform your backyard.
Backyard paths and walkways
A beautiful backyard requires nice and elegant paths and walkways. You can easily anchor your garden with a nice path all you have to do is choose among many different path options.
For example, you can add a nice gravel path to your garden. Gravel paths are ideal if you don’t want to break your budget and yet you want to make your backyard look simple yet elegant.
Similarly, a beautiful and elegant look is what you can achieve if you settle for a traditional stone path.
Honestly, making an attractive addition to your garden with these walkways and paths is not difficult. You can use materials such as stone or concrete but you can also use some alternative materials such as wood, gravel, brick, pavers, and so on.
Apart from being a nice addition to any garden, paths are pretty convenient as they provide a walking surface so that everyone can see and admire your hard work without having to walk through it and destroy all your work.
Look at your backyard as the extension of your indoor style and decorate it as such. Make your outdoor space your favorite place in the entire house by making it more inviting, livable, relaxing, and breathtaking.
Don’t be afraid to play around with the landscape in order to find the style you like most. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to make your backyard shine. Turn your backyard into an oasis you’d want to vacation at.
Hopefully, we managed to give you some ideas and inspire you to start transforming your backyard into your private retreat.
