10 Clever Ways to Hide Outdoor Eyesores
Pick Camouflage That Rocks. Sometimes function gets in the way of form. Tuck Tools Away. Build a Functional Barrier. Don’t Forget to Go Low. Build a Shed Under the Stairs. Stack Wood Under a Seat. Artfully Add Seclusion. Contain Your Garden Hose.
How can I hide my power lines?
You can be creative with ways to hide the wires of your home electrical devices:
Bind power cords with tubing or cable ties. Place a decorative basket next to a table and insert the bound cords into the basket and out of sight.Use dark-colored plastic zip ties to attach power cords to furniture legs.
What can I plant around a power pole?
When planting within 20 feet of an overhead power line, you should choose large shrubs or small trees that grow no more than 15 feet. Trees planted 20 to 50 feet from a power line should grow no more than 40 feet tall. And trees that grow more than 40 feet should be planted more than 50 feet from power lines.
How do you decorate a utility pole?
Use paint as a decorative way to hide electrical poles by making them blend in or complement the rest of your landscaping. Depending on the composition–wood or metal–of the electrical pole you want to hide, your local home improvement or paint store should have an outdoor paint you can use.
Will Morning glories grow up a telephone pole?
Morning glory vines can grow as much as 15 feet in a season, to blanket an ugly fence, wall, or telephone pole.
How do you hide unsightly utility boxes?
But there are ways to hide them safely by making some clever adjustments in your landscape.
Cover Up a Transformer Box with Grasses. Plant Evergreen Shrubs to Hide an Electrical Box. Make a Screen Using a Decorative Fence. Cover Your Utility Box with a Fake Boulder.
How do I hide utilities in my front yard?
How to Hide Utility Boxes in the Front Yard. Do you have a cable box, an electrical box, or a sewer access cap sticking up through the grass in your front yard? Many people hide them by planting shrubs and other plants around them, but you could easily make a slipcover with beadboard and top it with a birdhouse.
What to plant to block neighbors?
Plants for Privacy
Clematis. Vines make great screens. Climbing Roses. Train climbing roses over fences, walls, pergolas and gazebos. Cherry Laurel. Cherry laurel is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to the southeastern United States. Ivy. Boxwood. Privet. Japanese Holly. Buckthorn.
How close to a telephone pole can you plant a tree?
Planting near utility posts also has its rules. Trees that mature to a height of 20 feet (6 m.) or less should be planted at least 10 feet (3 m.) away from telephone or utility posts. Trees that grow 20-40 feet (6-12 m.)
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