Unique Yard Decorating Ideas

Are you bored with the selection of yard decorating options when browsing the outdoor decor aisle of discount stores and garden supply stores? Select decor from popular local stores and you will have the same yard decor as many of your neighbors. Instead of buying and displaying the same outdoor decorating items as everyone else, step outside of the garden supply aisle and consider the following unique yard decorating ideas. Coming up with unique yard decorating ideas will ensure that your outdoor decorating choices are unlike all others, and it will express a personal touch that cannot be found in any garden supply center or discount store.

Ceramic Mushroom Display

Weatherproof ceramic mushrooms make an eye-catching ground level display, and they are highly unique. I found four of my ceramic mushrooms at Dollar General, and the other two were purchased at Walgreens. I placed a cast resin frog next to the mushrooms, and although they are low to the ground they can be seen from several feet away. They are inexpensive and colorful, and best of all they are unique and not something everyone else has on display outdoors.

Bowling Ball Gazing Globe

Gazing balls are still as popular as ever, and many are available in unique and eye-catching colors, but they are very fragile and do not remain looking shiny and beautiful forever. Do you have an old bowling ball that you no longer use? Paint it with oil-based primer and high-gloss spray enamel according to productinstructions. This unique type of yard decor will be virtually indestructible and will look great when displayed on a birdbath base.

Creative Birdbath Yard Decor

Birdbaths are common types of yard decor, but they can be used in unique ways when decorating a yard. Instead of filling it with water for the birds, fill the bottom with a layer of stones for drainage and a thick layer of rich organic soil. Plant vines around the edges and flowers such as impatiens in the center. This unique planter will look lovely when decorating a yard and it will provide the ideal height for trailing vines.

Create a Toad House Display

If you do not mind visiting amphibians such as toads, provide them with a toad house. Simply bury a clay planter sideways and partially beneath the soil. If desired, decorate the exposed parts of the planter with painted flowers, vines, or text. Decorate around the toad house with an array of flowers and other small and eye-catching yard decorations.

Instead of decorating your yard with the same items everyone else has, begin decorating with the yard decor you prefer. Mix and match items of interest, and come up with unique displays that are designed to impress. Colorful ceramic mushrooms, birdbaths, hand-painted gazing balls, and toad houses surrounded by other small types of yard decor are just some of the many unique options. Use the decorating ideas you prefer, and come up with some of your own for a yard that is designed to impress.