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Ideas on what to put in front of my shed to cover up the ugly concrete at the bottom?  
Ideas on what to put in front of my shed to cover up the ugly concrete at the bottom?

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That shouldnt be visible that is footings for shed. Id put a retaining wall up to top of bottom then cap off with some nice stone slabs
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@englut21 yeah I am aware of this and that I need to sort it quickly. I’ve taken a dry stone wall / ugly flower bed away
+22 votes
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Make a planter and fill with flowers
+24 votes
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I agree with Rose, a raised planter with sleepers or bricks if you have the skills but I would go for gravel over flowers as it is low maintenance then.  
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Climing rose, clematis, honeysuckle, wisteria.  
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@wittie we just took all the climbing stuff off  
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Pond with waterfall
+22 votes
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Stencil over the top in a different colour
+16 votes
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Tank it off (waterproof it) then build a sleeper/pallet/decking board raised planter  
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@gavrah how would we tank it off you know?  
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Use proper damp-proof membrane (either polythene-looking stuff on a roll or you can buy “paint-on”stuff) If you know any friendly local builders they might have an off-cut of roll-type membrane kicking around as you don’t need a lot. (It’s cheap enough at around 30 quid a roll but you don’t need all that much) You basically need to create a barrier between the concrete and the soil when you build whatever you end up building. Hope this helps x
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Paint a rainbow on it
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@buckjump we love rainbows here (our sons room is a rainbow room! ) we did consider this but will still need to cover the bottom!  
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Put wire mesh there and make your own "gambon" wall with stones. or mesh and plaster/mud wall and paint it white. maybe covered with broken tiles or something
+13 votes
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Like @englut21 said, n make it a seat. If you dont you gonna have issues with the shed sinking in 1 corner
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A rockery
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Make a seat all the way along with pallets lift up seats with storage fo garden furniture or tools, cushions
+15 votes
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I would go raised bed with gravel and a couple of cordylines same colour
+6 votes
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Make a small rockery .  
+23 votes
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Rely good looking sleeper raised flower or shrub bed
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Pallet decking?  
+21 votes
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Another shed ?  
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I’d build some wooden planters onto the wall and around the concrete, like this picture. It would hide everything and you can put some trellis up and a couple of climbers either side. Would cover everything you want I think x
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If I were you I would reinforce that with more concrete before the wall collapses
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