So I'm a builder apparently, I can chuck you up anything you desire but need a little creative input sometimes. So here's where my dilemma lies. I'm doing a new patio on the back of the house, thankfully the wife is being good at the moment so I don't need an extra skip. The house walls are rendered/tirrolean and have just been painted white. There will be a new wall retaining the lawn approx 800 high and the existing boundary wall. I was going to render these in white, however I now have visions of us sitting on the patio on a sunny day and all being required to wear a welding mask as to avoid blindness from the white.
Any ideas, possibly cedar cladding etc?
🙂 @ wife comment!
Render doesn't have to be white, you could go for terracotta, or any other colour you like.
use mirrors to deflect sunlight?
Hmm - if your wife isnt going under that patio does that mean you have space for mine?
Brick or stone will go with white, as a builder you'll have seen dozens of mock Tudor houses for brick inspiration and maybe an interesting bond
Making some decisions for Spring here too - I really like some of the WRC fencing I've seen on line. Plenty of sellers doing the little thin batons online/eBay - reckon it looks quite nice done as batons with small spaces between rather than as cladding.
Deadly what's that you're on about? Any links? I'm after something as perhaps a complete contrast.
Soz, WRC = Western Red Cedar.
silvatimber.co.uk had some nice images on their site for ideas. Plenty of sellers on eBay selling batons at a reasonable price. Just gotta hunt around as it can be quite pricey. I like the cladding where you have alternate batons set at two different depths - as you can then have privacy from neighbour's and allow light through at the same time.
Split faced tiling. Recently done a bbq / seating area in it. Looked very effective once finished.