In the meantime, a relatively large number of tailor-made solutions in the form of textile screens and lengths of fabric are available for practical privacy protection on a balcony. With a little imagination and a little bit of craftsmanship, you can easily design a privacy screen for the balcony yourself.

Bamboo fences are a cheap option for privacy on the balcony

Wooden privacy screens

In the garden, classic wooden privacy screens are often used. These wooden walls made of thin wooden slats, which are available in hardware stores, are much too bulky for most balconies. A wooden privacy screen can also be made very quickly in the desired format and painted in the desired color. The wooden privacy screen can then be covered on the inside with decorative elements such as shells from your last vacation or small artificial flowers. You are particularly trendy with a privacy screen made of used wooden pallets, which you can quickly turn into a visually particularly interesting privacy screen with a little manual skill. On a balcony, privacy screens made of pallets also have the advantage that a vertical city garden with hanging strawberries and other plants can be easily integrated into the existing forms of the erected pallet.

Make your own privacy screen out of awning fabric

Old awnings with the original awning fabric are regularly disposed of at scrap yards and recycling centers. If this fabric is separated from the metal frame with a sharp carpet knife, it can usually be machine washed without any problems and often looks like new without the characteristic algae growth. This type of privacy screen is particularly interesting for balconies that do not have a continuous opaque balcony parapet, but only have glazing or bars on the front. Simply lay the colorful awning fabric along the glazing or the bars and fasten it with eyelets and cable ties available from hardware stores. If this proves to be difficult due to a lack of fastening options, two screwed wooden strips can also be pushed over the balcony parapet and awning fabric like an old-fashioned clothespin to fix the fabric in its position.

Provide privacy with nets and trellis

Trellis made of wood, plastic or metal can be suitable support structures for a natural privacy screen made of climbing plants with a correspondingly secure anchoring on the balcony material or in the balcony box. There are no limits to your imagination when it comes to choosing plants, with annual climbing plants or climbing plants that sprout from the rootstock every year are generally more suitable for a balcony than strong-growing kiwi plants and trumpet flowers. So it is better to rely on one of the following climbing plants:

  • Clematis (but only thrives on a rather shady balcony)
  • hop
  • Black-eyed Susanne
  • Vining Nasturtium (edible)
  • morning glory

Privacy mats made from willow rods, reeds and bamboo canes

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Screening mats made of willow, reed and bamboo canes can be purchased at relatively low prices in almost any hardware store and can be easily cut to the required length and height. With their natural look, they can represent an aesthetic alternative to awning fabrics and varnished wooden walls.

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