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Your yard is an extension of your home and you want it to be an expression
of yourself. The outside is at times difficult to decorate. You don’t want
to take away from the natural beauty inherent to the outside landscape.
When you begin looking at outside decorations, you should keep in mind that
they are simply placed to offer an additional focal point, to enhance
nature’s beauty. Placing a nature hook in your front or back yard is the
perfect addition. It offers a designed focal point to your landscape while
also serving a function.
You look out the window and see the birds sitting in the yard. You think
to your self, wouldn’t it be nice if they had a place to eat instead of
scavenging for food. You receive a plant from a friend and you think the
perfect place would be outside on the porch. You are sitting outside and
the wind blows by and you think to yourself that a wind chime would be a
relaxing addition to your yard. While sitting by the pool one evening, you
decide tea lamps would be a soft, romantic way to light up the pool. For
all of these situations the question always arises of where, oh where, you
would hang these items. You could hang them from a plain hook but you do
have another option. Nature hooks are the perfect solution to the very
common problem of trying to find the place to hang the birdfeeder, plant,
wind chime, or tea lamp while also adding a decorative flare.
Nature hooks attach easily to any wooden post or wall. They are made of
recycled aluminum; therefore you can feel good about helping the planet as
you make your personal environment additionally beautiful. Nature hooks are
crafted and coated to be rustproof and to withstand all types of weather.
They are on average about sixteen inches long and seven inches high.
The many styles of nature hooks provide you a range by which to achieve
self-expression. Are you a bird person? If so you can find butterfly,
cardinal, dragonfly or hummingbird designs for your nature hook. These
designs would be perfect for a birdfeeder. Perhaps you like plants. You
could choose a design showing ivy, oak leafs, pinecones, roses, or
sunflowers. Other nature hook designs that are available: cherubs, frogs,
grapes, or a simple tendril. Whichever design you chose you would also have
to decide upon the type of finish you would prefer.
The above nature hook designs are quite affordable and can be purchased
for fewer than fifty dollars. If you are looking for a more unique or
delicate design and are willing to spend a little more you could purchase a
wind bracket. A wind bracket is a nature hook intricately crafted into a
thin metal circular design that displays a wind element. You have a choice
of which wind element you would prefer. You could get a pinwheel or
spinner; both will spin as the wind passes through the center. You could
also choose a chime to hang in the center. This design would allow you to
have a wind chime and a birdfeeder or plant all on the same nature hook.
Nature hooks make the perfect gift for a friend or family member who is
going to be or who already has moved into a new home or apartment. It is an
item that one does not immediately think about purchasing right away. They
are busy unpacking and painting, settling in. Generally nature hooks are
items that are thought about during renovations that occur after 5 years of
living there. However, nature hooks provide a beautiful and functional
addition to any home. They offer a sense of intricate beauty and a
connection to nature which is important in making a house feel like a home. |