Having a garden gate on your wall as decoration is one of the best ways to enjoy your outdoor space.
Perhaps you are bored of the standard procedure of buying more ornaments or fancy plant pots to decorate you outdoor space. Maybe it is time for a change.
Or you might have a blank space on your wall that gawks at you every day as you wonder how to make it look pretty. Rest assured the solutions are in this article.
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Why use garden gate wall décor?
There is the obvious visual appeal that garden gate wall décor has but at the same time there are a lot of unobvious reason to sway you in to making the decision to get on or not.
Pros
- Visual appeal that gives an outdoor look to an indoor, cozy area
- Can help recycle old materials or re-use old materials you have that provides a talking point in your house
- Excellent cost efficient way of decorating
- You can grow vine plants on your garden gate décor to further make good use the space
- It is an unusual piece of decoration most people will not have
Cons
- May be hard to find the right garden gate for the choosy decorator with perhaps unusual spatial requirements
- Attaching your garden gate to the wall may cause secondary issues like ruining the wall or bursting pipes if you install the gate in the wrong manner
Where can I find a garden gate for decor?
Here is a list of the places you can find a garden gate ordered from most expensive to least expensive.
Gardening stores (Most expensive):
At the most expensive place on this list, you could easily find a standard garden gate from a gardening store or even a furniture store such as Home depot. Take a look online too for any stock they may not have inside.
Amazon (Moderately expensive):
Second on the list of where to find garden gates for wall décor is Amazon. This is because ordering online is often one of the better ways to find what you are looking for quickly. Read on for types of garden gates that are specifically used for decoration found on Amazon.
Ebay (Moderately expensive):
Ebay is great because you may be able to find gates that are not working and brought down in price. Waiting to be sold as scrap metal.
Therefore, you can use the opportunity to buy it as you will not need the gate to work as it will be for decoration purposes only anyway.
Junkyard sales (Least expensive): One of the easiest places to find a garden gate which can be extremely cheap and sometimes free is at junkyard sale or on the free section of craigslist.
Perhaps you can also visit your local skip or waste management facility to look through the metal trash and see if you find any interesting shapes. You’ll literally be digging for scraps but who knows you might find the garden gate of your dreams while you’re at it.
How to pin your garden gate to the wall
If you have found the ideal gate for you, you’d need to hang it on the wall somehow. You’d want to hang it using screws but first of all you’d need to make sure you aren’t setting up your gate in front of any pipes inside the wall that you could drill in to. Take a look at floor plans and electrician reports to double check if not sure.
Plan out how much space you’d need and mark it in pencil. Consider if you want to simply hang the gate on a series of screws or you want your gate to be fixed using the hinges.
If you use the hinges then depending on the gate you may be able to open and close the gate on the wall which could be a cool aesthetic to your outdoor space.
Next use long screws to drill in to the wall where you have planned out. Using a panel with four screws in one fixing will improve stability for heavier gates.
Paying attention to any instructions on the gate could also prove useful in setting you gate up on your wall.
Vintage garden gate wall décor
This is an example of a Victorian garden gate. Finding something like this may be rare depending on what you have access to
Your best bet would be car boot sales, junkyard sales, the free section of craigslist and metal waste sites if you are set on finding a Victorian style vintage gate
However, you may have similar piece of metal lying around that provides the rustic look you desire. Thinking outside of the box in this way may mean you don’t have to go for gate specifically.
Metal garden gate wall décor
Zippity outdoor gate
This gate may seem simple but if you are after a gate to add plants to that grow like vines overtime then this may be ideal. Simply improvise and buy yourself some wall screws to install it. Find out all about it here
Amagabeli Garden fence
This fence is perfect for the garden gate decorations most people have in mind as it is a bit more intricate. The details at the top of the gate resemble the outdoors.
While this gate is manufactured with the intention of being set up on the floor a bit of improvisation will make this the perfect garden gate wall decoration.
Garden gate wall décor for living rooms
Choosing garden gates for your living room will follow the same process of finding a gate that is right for you and fits the space you have. However, here are some ideas and suggestions that help make this a bit easier.
Decorative garden fence
This is not a gate per say but is a fence that is a lot smaller to gates which may fit in your living room while still having the desired aesthetic effect.
And here are some images of what having a garden gate indoors could look like.
Further garden gate decor ideas
Deciding on what kind of garden gate can be hard task. Make sure you look around and get lots of ideas so you can know what it is you want when you see it.
Maybe it is also worth coupling your garden gate wall decor with a glass sculpture or combine it with the architecture of your house.