Articles on Arbor Designs
Cheap Wedding Arbor Ideas
One area where it’s really easy to go over budget is on the flowers. A wedding arbor tends to use the most floral elements. It also tends to be the most expensive too. There are a lot of ways that you can cut down on this project but it may require a few DIY and [...]
Types of Gate Arbors
Generally speaking, there’s not a whole lot of difference in the structure of arbors that are designed to go over gates. The real differences that show up are in what plants are trained up over the arbor, if any at all. This can dramatically affect the look of the gate’s arbor, and in some cases [...]
Garden Arbors
When designing an arbor for your garden, you have to be much more careful than you would in other cases. This is because arbors will dramatically affect the amount of sunlight that reaches other areas of your garden. That shading can of course be welcome, but it can also be detrimental to sun loving plants. [...]
Simple Arbors
In many ways building an arbor isn’t much different from how to build a pergola. Perhaps the most common difference is going to be in the scale of the construction. While pergolas tend to be relatively large structures, many arbors are lightweight and diminutive. The same design principles apply to both though, even if the [...]
Eco Friendly Arbors
It may come as a surprise at first given their aesthetic nature, but arbors can serve valuable purposes in regards to creating an ecologically sound home and garden. From energy conservation to helping increase the productivity and health of your garden, the right arbors and trellises can really make an eco-friendly addition to your home. [...]
Fence Arbor Designs – Accentuate the Gate
Fences are by nature utilitarian, keeping out unwanted guests and pests, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be beautiful as well. The problem is that often the aesthetics of a fence are much more expensive than the utility. This is where arbor designs and trellises integrated into the fence itself can really help out, by [...]
Free Arbor Designs – Use Sketchup 3D Warehouse
Arbor designs are rather simple, and so unlike many other backyard structures you might be looking to build, often the plans are available for little to no money. Free arbor designs won’t have all the bells and whistles of course, but then again it’s usually the vines we train up on the arbor that make [...]