Absolutely on every suburban area you can see some old water tanks, mostly barrels. These containers are used for, as well as as a reserve, if suddenly the water at the site is turned off.
So that the type of barrels (mostly rusty tanks) does not spoil landscape design plot they can be beautifully decorated with paints.
The painted barrel can be installed anywhere: in the garden on, between vegetable beds, in, on the porch of the cottage, etc.
This idea is popular due to the fact that it requires almost no effort and money.
Now we will consider the technology for decorating plastic and metal barrels in the country.
How to paint barrels in the country?
First you need to choose the right barrels. Large 200-liter barrels look the most beautiful, because. on them you can make drawings of any complexity.
To paint a barrel with your own hands you will need:
- Empty clean water barrels
- Metal brush and sandpaper
- Water-repellent paints in various colors
- Solvent
- tassel
- simple pencil
Working with a plastic barrel is much easier, because. before painting, it only needs to be thoroughly washed and dried.
When making a metal barrel, first you need to completely remove all rust. To do this, it is recommended to use a metal brush or sandpaper. Once all rust has been removed, it is recommended to clean the surface of the barrel with a rag soaked in alcohol. This event will degrease the surface before painting.
After preparing the barrel for painting, you need to think over the drawing. It all depends on your imagination. The most advantageous look barrels, which depict the following drawings:
- Fairy tale characters
- Animals
- People (for example, a boy with a girl)
- flowers
Having created a sketch of a drawing on paper, you need to transfer it to the barrel. To do this, first the barrel is painted in one color (completely). Next, with the help of a brush, the contours of the drawing are drawn, which are subsequently painted with a suitable paint.
In order to paint the barrel beautifully and at the same time involve the whole family in the work, it is recommended to first paint the container in one color and wait until the paint dries. Next, using paint different color, you can leave handprints of each family member on the barrel. Such an idea will make the barrel creative and will become a memory for the whole family.
After the barrel is completely dry, install it in a suitable place in the country and enjoy the updated landscaping.
I would also like to note that the barrel can be additionally decorated with flowers. To do this, it is necessary to pour inside the container fertile soil and plant suitable plants.
Another tip - make the background of the pattern on the barrels different. For example, paint one barrel red and the other green. The contrast of shades will make the composition of the barrels more attractive.
Photo of painted barrels in the country
In order for you to clearly see this idea for the garden, we bring to your attention a photo of painted barrels in the country:
Beautiful water barrel 
Dacha is not only a place for labor service, it is a way of life! And if we talk about summer vacations, then our summer resident has no equal in the invention of creating the appropriate surroundings and decorating his possessions. Today we are happy to share with you interesting dacha ideas for arranging the house and garden, and this will help us, obsolete, wooden old barrels .
Country ideas: crafts from old barrels
I must say that in the dacha economy there are no absolutely unnecessary or unclaimed things. Greenhouses from plastic bottles- please! Flowerbeds and flowerpots from old car tires - just a feast for the eyes! Lamps for giving from tin and glass jars? Yes, there is nothing easier! In addition, the recycling of old or worn-out household items saves our landfills from excess garbage. And our country interiors and cozy corners of the garden are replenished with new and original crafts, the price of which is creative inspiration and our skillful hands!
Old wooden barrels, it would seem, well, what are they good for? While you are thinking about their fate, we will start, perhaps, with the simplest thing - creating flower beds. From one single barrel with a hacksaw, you can organize several wooden tubs at once. Moreover, you can saw the old barrel, both along and across.
We cut the resulting tub in half - and here you have two whole additional containers for planting flowers. They can be placed close to the stone curb or wall of the house, filled with soil and sown with bright fragrant letniki. And, having cut a small barrel in steps and made fences from boards, you will get a multi-tiered flower bed that will decorate the entrance to the terrace.
With the help of old barrels, you can create fabulous compositions in the form of picturesque islands on the lawn, and use small barrels as pots for ampelous plants. The combination of delicate openwork vegetation, old wood and iron hoops, wasted by time and rust, looks almost conceptual: life goes on.
From the inexhaustible floral theme, we smoothly move on to water procedures. Old barrels sawn in half are a great solution for organizing country mini ponds. And those who prefer the sight and sounds of flowing water will surely like country ideas for decorating a pond using wooden barrels.
Or maybe you like a cascading waterfall or a vintage washbasin made from a large oak barrel? For true craftsmen of all trades, nothing is impossible!
Continuing the “wet” theme in the country interior, what can you say, for example, about plumbing “bells and whistles” in the barrel decor? None extra pipes, original, hygienic, and most importantly, your country bathroom - in a fashionable and relevant eco style.
Garden furniture for summer cottages and at home continues our hit parade of crafts from old barrels. Here, as they say, options are possible, and there are an incredible number of them.
Ottomans and armchairs, bedside and coffee tables, bar stools and tables from solid wooden barrels and their halves.
With a certain skill and ability to handle carpentry tools, all these old-new things can easily settle in the interior of your country house and in the area adjacent to it.
If you are not attracted to solid shapes, old barrels can be freed from hoops and bent wooden boards can be used to make garden benches, armchairs, sun loungers and folding portable chairs. The latest model, by the way, is especially convenient in transportation - I threw it in the trunk of a car, and at least for fishing, at least for a picnic.
From the same wooden curved ribs of an old barrel, you can also make light Garden swing, and an incredibly comfortable hammock. Do not forget to sand and sand the boards well before this, and enjoy your summer vacation!
Those who like to gather outside the city with a large and noisy company will surely like the country ideas of mini-bars, solid barbecues and ice containers for cooling strong drinks.
The front wall of the barrel is cut to the size of the door with an electric jigsaw, hung on the hinges and, voila, the original bar table is ready to receive guests. It remains only to provide it with shelves, partitions, glass holders and make sure that your mini-bar is not empty.
The kitchen in the country, as in any home, is a favorite and sacred place for every hostess. Useful household items such as comfortable chairs, trays, baskets and dishes for fruit or suspended structure for different kitchen utensils, maybe they are not essentials, but they create mood and comfort in the female kitchen kingdom. And all this can be done from old barrels, or rather from their wooden planks remaining after the manufacture of furniture.
And finally, a couple more country ideas for transforming old barrels into stylish interior items. Lamps, lampshades and whole chandeliers in the medieval style will undoubtedly become an original decoration for the veranda and any room in your country house.
How can we bypass our smaller brothers, lovers of summer vacations and part-time security guards? An old barrel booth is a safe hiding place for a serious watchdog, it looks just fabulous and very cozy. Your Mukhtar will suit you very much!
A booth is a booth, but comfort is also important for a pet. A comfortable bed from the bottom of an old barrel with a soft feather bed will appeal not only to small terriers, but also to large ones. You can immediately see who is the boss in the house!
Whitewash from wooden barrels. Photo
What can be done from the old wooden barrel if you have it? To be honest, there are a lot of ideas, so there is room to accelerate in terms of imagination and decor of your room. Let's look at the options for crafts from such a barrel.
How can you use a wooden barrel in the interior
So, you found an old barrel at home, but it's a pity to throw it away. Well, what to do with it? Here are some ideas that you can apply in your interior.
With a cross cut, it will be lower, and vice versa. By the way, in addition to such a table, you can make legs, straight or curly according to your desire.
What to do with a wooden barrel in the country with your own hands
We have already considered what ideas can be used for the interior of the house, now we move on to our yard.
Those who live in private houses or have their own dacha can safely use old barrels in the interior of their land plot in the country.
Read also: How to use a metal barrel in the country
Here are ways to use a barrel in the country.
Master class "Painting a barrel" with your own hands
There is an option to simply place an ordinary old barrel in one place or another, depending on how you want to use it. But you can approach the solution of the issue quite creatively and make a barrel painting with your own hands at home.
Specifically, in this master class, a step-by-step painting of a cheerful bright barrel for a garden or yard will be described.
First of all, you will need to get all the necessary materials. We will need:
- Sandpaper (large).
- Brushes.
- Pencil
- Solvent or white spirit.
- Dye.
- Primer.
- The barrel itself.
Step 1
To begin with, we need to present a ready-made version of the barrel and what we would like to see on it. Accordingly, think over the color scheme and the drawing itself. Also think about where our barrel will be located, and what idea to carry.
Step2
Well, the preliminary draft is ready, you can gradually proceed to the next step.
It will consist in preparing the barrel for painting. To do this, wash it thoroughly and, where necessary, remove the top layer of wood with sandpaper.
It is important to note that this is done if you have firmly decided to paint the barrel in any of the colors. Theoretically, there is an option to leave it in its natural role or restore it, but this is already in other versions of the master classes. Go through the primer, and proceed to the next step.
Step3
Now let's start with the paint. First you need to paint inner part barrels. To do this, we use the color of paint in which we want to see our creation.
In order not to breathe the paint itself and its vapors, it is worth considering the option of lengthening the brush.
When the process is complete, we leave our barrel until all the paint has dried well, then move on to the next step.
Step4
The most interesting and creative moment in the creation of our painted barrel. When all the layers of paint are dry, we can start drawing the cherished drawing, which we came up with in advance, well, or along the way.
For example, it can be a face, which will be separated by stripes on a barrel. The nose and eyes are done in one section and the mouth in another. Here you can already do anything, because our face can have both the correct outlines and a caricature version. Try different drawings until you settle on one particular one. Paint it in the desired color scheme and let it dry.
Step5
Well, our barrel is ready! Now it needs to be placed in the place where it will please the eye.
It can be a hidden face peeking out of the bushes or an accent accessory that will be located in the most prominent place. You can use it as you like, so everything is in your hands.
By the way, you can come up with a whole composition that will harmonize and decorate your patio or garden. After all, you can paint not only a barrel, but also garden tools, flower bed, old tires, etc.
As you can see, a wooden barrel is useful in any case, because it can be used versatile and for various interior options. It is so versatile that it can turn into a mini bar, a table, a nightstand, a shelf and even a pet bed. It will also become indispensable for the interior of the garden, in which it will show off and delight the eyes.
I always want to decorate my garden or summer cottage in such a way that I myself would be pleased and my neighbors could be surprised! What do you think, how can barrels be used in the country?
Of course, the first thing that comes in response is:
- to collect rain water. This is of course very important! The water given to us, well, how not to use it in a good way. Well, of course, the barrel must be decorated so that you can admire it!
You can make a summer house for a faithful watchman.
A house for children who love to play mothers and daughters so much. Such a cozy house, with windows and curtains, and decorate it with a beautiful pattern.
To relax in the garden, it’s really possible to make such a waterproof garden furniture. You can come up with a lot of design options for such furniture, I offer options that I found on the Internet.
For collecting green mass from a summer cottage for the formation of organic fertilizer.
Planting vegetables too a good option! Tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, strawberries are wonderful options for growing vegetables and berries in unnecessary metal barrels. And the barrels can also be painted!!
A flower bed is a train, I think that not many people can see such a use of a barrel. And yes, it's great fun for the kids!
A wonderful cupboard for storing dishes and an option to protect the access of rodents to food supplies!
Barbecue outdoors.
Lamps, if the barrels are not standard, but smaller. Drill holes with a drill according to an invented pattern, apply paint, install electrical equipment and the whole dacha will glow in the evening!
Small pond for a summer residence.
- bathing tank
So you got acquainted with the proposed options and found out what can be made from barrels in the country.
And about how to decorate the barrels used for irrigation, in the article.
