How to design the courtyard on the first floor so that it is both beautiful and practical?

In fact, you don’t know that compared to the top floor with a terrace, the first floor with a yard is also very popular. Lin Yutang said, "There is a courtyard in the house, a house in the garden, a courtyard in the house, a tree in the courtyard, the sky can be seen from the tree, and there is reading in the sky, how wonderful it is!" The courtyard he wrote is probably the habitat of modern people. Live the dream.

So how to design the courtyard on the first floor? First, think about what is best suited for your first-floor yard? If you are not good at taking care of it and cannot take care of flowers and plants, then your yard should not be turned into a vegetable garden or flower garden. I think it would be a good idea to make it an extension of the living room.

Compared with a house with a terrace on the top floor, the yard on the first floor faces many problems, such as insufficient lighting, no privacy, moisture, no sound insulation, ground decoration, lighting and other problems. How great would it be if the yard could be designed to be functional and beautiful at the same time? Today, I will teach you how to create a beautiful and practical courtyard based on the characteristics of a first-floor courtyard.

There is a yard on the first floor. What is it used for?

Leisure area + garden

The yard on the first floor can be a small garden for family daily leisure. The courtyard on the first floor is less private than the courtyard of the villa. Vegetation, flowers, grass, and rocks can be placed in the courtyard to appreciate the natural landscape.

If you want to create a leisure garden, you should choose fewer but more precise plants. According to the growth habits of the plants, it is best to combine trees, shrubs, and surface vegetation so that the courtyard can enjoy scenery in all seasons. .

The courtyard on the first floor has slightly shorter sunshine hours than the courtyard of the villa, so when it comes to flower selection, it is better to plant shade-tolerant flowers, such as hosta, camellia, phoenix, hydrangea, and rose. wait.

In addition, making a flower border will add a lot of color to the courtyard. You can choose to make a woody flower border. A woody flower border is a flower border mainly composed of shrubs, and then equipped with trees, herbs and perennials. The purpose of this is to make the flower border easy to maintain and beautiful in all seasons.

Leisure area + vegetable garden

Friends who have lived in the city for a long time are yearning for the joy of being a farmer. If you have a yard at home, you can grow vegetables in your free time. Weeding is also a good choice. The vegetables in the garden not only look good, but can also be picked and eaten by the family.

Grow vegetables in your own yard, and when the harvest comes, you can still enjoy the joy of harvest in your own yard...

Extended space in the living room

If your family members are not good at taking care of flowers and plants, you can make the courtyard into a leisure extension of the living room, configure some outdoor furniture, and match it with simple flowers and plants, and an open-air leisure place for entertaining guests is born.

It is good to place tables and chairs, match them with tea sets, or make a sink for leisure use.

How to improve the privacy of the courtyard on the first floor?

I believe one of the reasons why many friends are afraid to buy the first floor is that it is not private enough and makes people feel insecure. In fact, when designing the yard, you can plant an appropriate number of trees and creepers along the borders of the yard or place structures of appropriate height (such as guardrails, etc.) to improve the privacy of the yard.

1. Use guardrails around the courtyard to improve privacy.

If you want your yard to have both privacy and enclosure, you can add a simple grid fence around it and plant some vines, which will look good and ensure privacy.

In addition, some low shrubs (such as densely planted roses, meadowsweet, privet, etc.) and climbing plants (such as ground brocade, climbing rose, honeysuckle, etc.) can be planted under the guardrail, which is more helpful. To improve the privacy of the courtyard.

2. Plant green plants in layers to improve privacy.

Plant plants around the yard to form a green belt to block people's sight. These plants should be mainly evergreen plants to prevent the yard from being effectively blocked in autumn and winter. In addition, the height and size of the plants should also be selected according to the size and style of your own yard.

3. Garden flower stands to improve privacy.

If you are worried about throwing objects at high altitude, you can build a flower stand in the yard on the first floor to achieve safety and privacy protection. Under the flower stand, you can seed climbing plants, such as wisteria, which is strong and tough and can offset obstructions. In case of falling objects, a covered awning can also be set up to protect against wind and rain while ensuring safety.

How to decorate the courtyard on the first floor?

How to deal with the courtyard floor on the first floor? In fact, this should be comprehensively selected based on personal budget, hobbies and the main functions of the yard. Don't ignore actual needs for the sake of beauty, and put functional experience first.

Commonly used materials for yard floors include: outdoor ceramic tiles, granite, slates, terrazzo floors, cobblestones, rainstones, blue bricks, antiseptic wood...

The main reason why ceramic tiles are durable over time Relying on its excellent physical properties and simple and easy installation process, these advantages are also the reasons why it is suitable for outdoor spaces.

Granite is often used in courtyards for paving leisure platforms, garden paths, courtyard floors and road edging.

Due to its natural texture, blue bricks give people a simple and natural feeling, and are usually used as yard floor paving. There are various forms of paving, it can be paved with lawn or paved with stones...

How to design the lighting in the yard on the first floor?

The yard is a place where we relax. When the weather is nice and the family dines or gathers in the yard at night, outdoor lighting is indispensable. Although lighting is generally available in residential areas, lighting customized for your own yard will make the outdoor space more charming and allow you to make your own courtyard space no matter what time of day it is.

For safety reasons at night, path lights and step lights are very necessary. Recessed deck lights are relatively easy to install and will accentuate the edge of the deck as well as the change in level, providing both romance and security.

Lights can be placed under the main plants in the courtyard, which not only makes the plants more three-dimensional, but also adds to the mysterious atmosphere of the courtyard.

(This article is reprinted from Zhuke HOME. The pictures are from the Internet, edited and published by Garden Collection. If you need to reprint, please indicate the source.)