Friday, 29 August 2008

Making your garden decking stand out

Decking is perfect for many uses including hosting parties and dining in the summer sunshine (on days like today). It can become part of your lifestyle! Decking looks stylish within a well maintained garden and is fairly easy to look after, only requiring occasional treatments to the wooden deck boards and wooden base.

There are many ways in which you can personalise your garden decking and make it stand out, these include adding trellis, pergolas, steps and balustrades, you could also purchase some solar powered decking lights so that you can use your decking later into the evening. You could also split your decking up into different areas (if big enough) for example to have one part for sitting/dining and the other for various plants. If placing plant pots onto your decking you will need to make sure that they have adequate drainage and that they aren’t placed directly onto your decking as this may discolour it, this may require raising plant pots or containers using bricks or old wood etc.

Wooden garden furniture looks good on decking, although you need to make sure you buy something that fits properly onto the decking to save it getting in the way when moving around. Wooden furniture can also be treated to keep it looking like new.



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