Elegant, seamless or in gray - a country house wall is as much a part of a country house as a swimming pool is to an outdoor pool. With a few tricks, you can even turn it into a real eye-catcher.
In the past, country houses were only built by upper-class people, who used these country houses as residences during the warm season. A lot of people who live in the city for most of the year still feel that way today. Others live year-round in a house in the country surrounded by a large garden.
In such a garden, which radiates cosiness and rural flair, one very important design element should never be missing: the country house garden wall. And it is precisely for this purpose that specialist shops are already offering special country house garden stones that you can easily install yourself. Even by inexperienced craftsmen.
Appearance of Country Stones
The so-called country house stones are building blocks with different structures (corrugated on both sides or on one side), with which privacy walls and garden partitions (reading tip: garden room dividers: 8 ideas for your garden) can easily be made up to three meters high. From a purely visual point of view, you can even choose between antique and modern country house stones. In addition, most country stones (e.g. limestone, plastic stones, etc.) are also available in different natural colors (grey, red, brown) and in different formats.
How is a country house wall built?
If you are an inexperienced craftsman, we recommend using a wall system with seamless gluing. With this system, the stones are connected to each other using a special adhesive that only needs to be mixed with water.
Many suppliers also allow their customers a simplified structure with visible joint design. Since this is not so easy, however, special workshops are sometimes even offered for this purpose. If necessary, simply ask the provider or find out whether such workshops are offered elsewhere in your area.
Ideas for implementing a country house wall
Idea no. 1 - use stones of different sizes:
If you build different sizes within the masonry, you will get a very natural-looking stone wall. Of course, you can also erect this as an inclined stone wall (e.g. on slopes).
Idea No. 2 - redesign an existing wall:
Building a country house wall is not difficult and can be done quickly. But what if there is already a wall in the garden? Then you can easily redesign the existing masonry by using country house facing bricks. Of course, this also applies to existing garden steps.
Idea no. 3 - building an ecological country house garden wall:
You can also build an ecological country house garden wall, for example by equipping it with climbing plants (reading tip: planting garden walls - that's how it works!). Or you can use special bricks that ensure enough cavities and niches during construction, in which insects and other small animals can later settle in addition to plants.
Idea No. 4 - Equip the garden wall with accessories:
After the country house garden wall was becoming more and more popular with garden owners, numerous accessories are now also being offered for it. Among other things, e.g. Wall arches, with which even archways and doors can be integrated within the garden walls. Or flat stones, which allows you to use a low garden wall as a seat at the same time.
Lighting fixtures, socket devices, integrated storage areas (storage boxes) as well as loudspeakers and much more are also available. Thanks to this accessory, you can use a country house garden wall in a variety of ways - e.g. as a border around a patio.
By the way:
Cottage garden stones are not only good for building a wall. With them you can really let off steam creatively. They are also very suitable for constructing raised beds and herb snails (reading tip: creating a herb garden - step-by-step instructions).