3 ways to make a cottage a place where you want to relax, not work

1. Create a lounge area

If you like to read, stretch a hammock between the trees, put a swing, a small table for drinks in the shade of the house and spend time reading there. Do you like being active? Organize a small area covered with sand or lawn for yoga and badminton. Another option is a frame pool. The main thing is that the swimming area is away from the trees, otherwise you will quickly get tired of getting the leaves out of the water.

On the site, you can install a stylish outdoor shower and equip an open-air cinema - you will need sun loungers, a projector, a folding screen or a flat white wall, for example, from a garage. You don't have to stop at just one! If space allows, create several themed areas for relaxation.

2. break the alpine hill

This is an artificial mound with stones and plants, imitating mountain slopes. Caring for this is a kind of meditation. As well as observing the flowering area. Therefore, it is better to build an alpine slide in a conspicuous place - let it please the eye more often.

To enhance the relaxing effect, next to the mound can be placed decorative fountain. The sound of water will soothe and interrupt extraneous sounds a little, like the buzzing of a lawn mower in a neighboring area.

3. Arrange a gazebo with a kitchen

Combine a dining table and a grill zone on one platform. Such a gazebo will make gatherings with friends or family more comfortable. Firstly, you don’t have to share: the person in charge of the barbecue will always be in the company, and not be sad at the brazier alone. Secondly, the roof of the building will protect from the weather and prevent the downpour from interfering with a relaxing dinner.

To make the rest as pleasant as possible, it is better to provide open walls or windows of the gazebo with a mosquito net. Then it will be possible to sit at the table until late in the evening: wasps will not covet meat and watermelon, and mosquitoes - on you and your guests.