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Sound like your husband is one great carpenter. The trellis looks great! -
Beautiful! I love the contrasting stains...glad you helped your husband with the project; my dh and I work together on most of our projects around here and it makes us closer to have this in common. -
He is pretty handy. Worked as a framing carpenter when he was in college. He is an art teacher, so beyond being structurally sound, his projects are always nice aesthetically. -
Lori, his work reflects what he does! What a wonderful trellis. I get excited about things like that. -
Your husband did an awesome job. That is one handsome trellis, and any plant would be lucky to be climbing it. -
So pretty and and very sturdy looking. Stain looks good against the green plant. I like the way it's perfectly level! LOL. -
Donna, all of our privacy fence was reclaimed fencing (love Craig's list). Some is cedar, some green treated and some old posts with some new posts. Sound nightmarish, but we restained it all and it has a similar two-tonish quality to it.
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Your fence must really look good like that and will stay looking good too!
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Beautiful trellis, Lori (and hubby). I like the two-tone wood too! -
This is beautiful Lori. How nice to have a handy hubby that will work with used goods. My hubby is very handy, but would never let me pick up fence parts on CL and then put it together again. Maybe some day I can convince him since he's pretty impressed what I've done with used pieces of furniture. -
Our yard is not that big and we could afford the panels and posts from Menard's, but they were so poorly milled with inconsistency in thickness. Instead, I hunted for quality fencing and we opted for new posts where needed. We were able to fence a 60 x 40 foot corner and another forty feet of fencing for connecting buildings to corners and the like for under $600--and it isn't going to warp or fall to pieces. We have a unique yard--lots of terracing, so mixing heights worked well for us. ...»
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Great yard, Lori, and your neighborhood has a good vibe.
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Thanks for the added pictures Lori. It looks so pretty. I think the problem my hubby has with used is he thinks it's easier to just head to HoDe and grab what he needs when he needs it and get busy. It's not that he's not "green". We built our home as "green" as we could at the time of construction, "Green" to him means energy efficient though. To me it covers so much more! As I have time to share our home you'll see I'm into making old things work when possible. right now I'm refinishing and restoring a vintage dining set for our son.
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I am the hunter and gatherer...willing to track down materials, drive and barter. My husband is willing to work hard with what I find, but would probably just drive to Menard's if I weren't willing to do the legwork.
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Where can I purchase reclaimed lumber? I love these ideas! -
I found our fencing on craig's list.
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Thanks Lori
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Lori, maybe that's what I need to do. Do all the hunting and picking up myself so it's ready when he is. Thanks!
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Beautiful - and love the clematis!
