You’re probably more familiar with this method as used along highways or railways, as a simple, solid barrier or wall. Those rock structures you see held together by simple metal cages are Gabions. Few would ever imagine these crude constructions as designer option for their own home and yard, but thank God for those few outside-the-box thinkers who literally brought the idea home!
Home and renovation materials can be very pricey. Sometimes ridiculously so. That’s why this type of solution is so valuable! Allow yourself to stray off the beaten path, lines with factory made store bought materials that will cost you an arm and a leg, and get back to the basics. Here are a few options using this painfully simplistic, “why didn’t I think of this sooner” method.
1. Here’s a quick, easy to assemble option
2. Your basic gabion outer wall
3. An eye-pleasing combination of metal, wood, and natural rough cut stones
4. Gabions filled with different rock types
5. A modern style Gabion walled home
6. Multi-colored stones
7. Here’s a little life thrown into the mix
8. Wire net
9. Multifunctional options are great too
10. As well as different types shapes and forms
11. Some neat, low gabion walling
12. Some fencing with rock and mineral elements
13. Gabion designer creativity
14. Gabion base for a wooden fence
15. Box-like gabions
16. A tidy combination of several materials
17. Reinforced rock structure
18. Elite outdoor gabions
19. Some rock variety to shake things up
20. Some more home walling that simply looks great
