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Fences

Fences

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Fences can provide security, privacy, and style to a house. Are you installing fences in your yard? Browse photos of fences that have been posted by Hometalk members to get inspiration for your fencing project. "On the fence" about which type of fence to choose? Talk to homeowners and professionals who have installed and repaired all types of fences. Or, just celebrate a successful fencing project by posting photos of it on Hometalk. Fences can be fun, and nowhere proves that like Hometalk.



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Privacy Fence

We had no privacy in our back yard. I got this idea from an earlier post with shutters. We had used doors around the house, I painted them, we hinged them together and attached them to fence post steaks. It's not quite done yet, adding another door and then some mulch around it.
Mindy
Mindy Edgerton, WI Yesterday
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    Gail Salminen 7 hours ago
    Mindy what a creative idea, and it ...»
    provides great privacy and in a garden area would help block the weeds from blowing in.. I think I have an area where I could use this. Currently am using a bamboo fence attached to frost fencing, but keeping it attached is a little cumbersome. I'll have to go and look for some door.

    Thanks for sharing - I had to share as well :)

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  • I started with two stars I've had forever but no longer use. They had Christmas scenes on them so I got some blue spray paint and covered that up.
  • I removed the labels of three #10 cans and spay painted them white.
  • I had 2 same-sized metal planters and they got a coat of pink spray paint.
  • I planted pink petunias in the two of the white cans and purple petunias in the third. The pink containers got white  petunias and purple petunias.
  • Our wooden fence is now darn close to being as pretty as the rest of the garden and all I had to buy were a couple of cans of spray paint! 2
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Making a Wooden Fence Pretty(ier)

I want more color in the back garden this year.

With that in mind, I decided to add some color to our faded wooden back fence.

Kathe With An E (Kathe)
Kathe With An E (Kathe) Aurora, CO 2 days ago
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    Barbara Ann Yesterday
    Oh I have some of those stars!! I was thinking of doing something with them. Now I know what ...»
    to do. Thanks for the idea!!

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my way of making a fence look better
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Paula R Tampa, FL Yesterday
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    Kathe With An E (Kathe) Yesterday
    I love this idea!!
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Our "Toy Garden"!

My neighbor and I call this our "Toy Garden". We spend day after day walking the beach for sea glass and unique shells. After noticing all the beach toys, flip flops, plastic and trash ...»
left littering our beaches, we started bringing extra bags with us and picked up as much as we could find and carry in one trip. Not knowing what to do with all the colorful toys and flip flops, we decided to build a Toy Wall and one thing led to another! We love our place so much and so does everyone who comes over to visit. It's such a happy, colorful place now that we have painted all the chairs!

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Christie J Oceanside, CA on May 09, 2012
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    Machelle Martichuski-Baxl... 32 minutes ago
    heres and earlier photo of our baby and our grand baby playing at thier own personal beach in ...»
    our yard.


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  • We used 6 large broken mirrors. 27
  • Looks like a jigsaw ran amuck on our fence. Seems as though you can see right through to the neighbors yard. 7
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Our mirror mosaic fence. We had a blast creating this. Amazing what can come from a broken mirror mishap.

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Cindy S Wildomar, CA on Jun 13, 2012
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    Ann Bliss 3 hours ago
    Hi Sue, I went ahead and decided to cover a portion of our fence with mirrors. I don't have a ...»
    glass cutter so went ahead and carefully broke the piecers in an old cloth and tarp...I used the pieces randomly and used silicone to bond them. It worked well. When I can, I will post a photo

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  • Before - Backyard Fence
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  • After - Backyard Fence w/ Lanterns & Red Pots
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Outdoor Landscape

Using stain, lanterns, and a couple accent pots you can completely transform an outdoor space!

Black Mulch: Menards (Big Box Retailer) ...»

Red Pots: 27" Walmart

Lanterns: Misc stores (all were under $20 - Home Goods, Pier One, Garden Ridge)

You can learn more details about how I transformed the space from my blog.

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Elisa Naperville, IL 6 days ago
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    Elisa Yesterday
    I do agree that the black does fade a little after a season, but with the overall colors of ...»
    our home the black looks best. The natural does not pair well with taupe tones of our paint. Thanks for the feedback.

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Shade garden fence

This is a fence that we made out of very old windows and stair balusters, both left over from jobs my hubby did. The windows are so old that they have hand-rolled glass! There are two ...»
sections with my tea pot fountain set between the two fence sections. I love them because they are open and don't obstruct my view and they keep the dog from tearing through my shade garden!

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Julee S Bangor, MI on Jul 02, 2012
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    Debbie Wilfong 2 days ago
    How awesome! Love it!
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  • Pallet fence panel before trimming the rotten wood and painting. 2
  • Pallet fence panel after trimming and painting.
  • The fence is being installed. 2
  • The garden gate was made from pallets too.  The arbor was made from my childrens' old sandbox.  We cut the large boards down to build the arbor.
  • The fence is almost finished.
  • Here is a picture taken from my bench at the back of the garden looking towards the arbor.  The fence is complete.  Now on to making the garden look pretty.  This will take awhile. 1
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Re-purposing pallets

This is a fence I made for my garden using pallets and old pickets from a fence that had been torn down. When I ran out of the old pickets, I used pallet boards and cut them to match the ...»
pickets so I could complete the project. My fenced area is 30' X 40' and I still had pallets left over for other projects.

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Allison House Sumter, SC on May 08, 2013
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    Emma Dorsey 2 days ago
    I just love this idea. I rescued some picket fence but don't really to have enough to do much ...»
    with but this is a great way for me to make a longer fence and I have stacks of pallets too! Thanks for sharing.

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Turning a $5.00 garage sale baby bed into a decorative fence and gates.

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Kathy R Mineral Wells, TX on May 23, 2012
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    Maxine Dayhuff-Lowhorn 2 days ago
    Great idea and it looks so nice
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  • If a fence is at the maximum height allowed, another option is to put a taller structure within the yard like this one. There were townhouses in the yard behind and this really helped obscure the view. 4
  • This arbour and lattice combination was actually used to conceal the compost work area and separate the back wooded area from the garden.
  • You can make a fence taller! Here the fence posts were extended and lattice was added. Vines will eventually fill it in.
  • Here's a detail of the hardware used to extend the fence posts. You'd obviously need a neighbour who agrees with the plan.
  • This tall, open divider separated the sitting area from the lawn. The large, square lattice keeps material costs down. The greenery provides greater privacy.
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Privacy Screen Ideas and How to Make A Fence Taller

These photos from local garden tours show creative ways to improve the privacy in a garden and add some vertical interest. Some use freestanding structures with lattice, others add on to ...»
existing fences. You can see more examples on my blog as well as many complete tours of these gardens. http://www.empressofdirt.net/fence-not-high-...

Empress of Dirt - Melissa
Empress of Dirt - Melissa Canada on Mar 22, 2013
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    Cindy Luby 4 days ago
    This is a great Idea to raise the fence line that is near a deck. I love this. Thank you for ...»
    sharing.

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