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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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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 4 hours ago
    Great idea and it looks so nice
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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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    Sherrie S 16 hours ago
    Color brings out smiles. I love the colors and the smile too. You would love Miami.
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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 4 days ago
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    Elisa 2 days ago
    The edging was actaully already existing from the previous owners. This is a 4x4 wooden post, ...»
    which we painted with the stain.

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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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    Allison House 2 days ago
    I get mine from a local heat/ac business. Some businesses where I live just give them away. If ...»
    no one picks them up, they will burn them.

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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-...

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Empress of Dirt - Melissa Canada on Mar 22, 2013
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    Cindy Luby 2 days ago
    This is a great Idea to raise the fence line that is near a deck. I love this. Thank you for ...»
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This is my new fence

I spent about 6 months collecting old doors from friends and salvage yards and then mounted them on privacy fence frame. I also clear coated them so that they wouldn't weather wear. I ...»
love that each door has it's own story and looking at it reminds me of all of my different friends who contributed.

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Amanda H Oil City, PA on Jun 09, 2012
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    Carol 3 days ago
    Oh my, our city code would never allow such a unique expression! Is there one of those doors ...»
    that serves as a gate? Very fun!

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Faux Iron Gate made from Toilet Paper Tubes!

A great way to recycle and decorate at the same time! Strips of toilet paper tubes are quilled by rolling them around the end of a paint brush.
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Susan Myers Villa Rica, GA on Oct 11, 2012
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    Susan Myers 5 days ago
    Hi Joan, Thank you for your kind words! The piece is extremely light, but surprisingly sturdy. ...»
    I just put in several strategically placed small nails and hung it! It could also be hung with those sticky hanger strips so as not to mar the wall.

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Repurposed Shutter Fence

After creating a neat little garden room that we aptly named "The Nook", we realized that to really be a 'nook' it needed more privacy. {It sat right beside the property line.} A few ...»
years earlier when visiting some friends I noticed a huge stack of shutters by the road-they were renovating the outside of their home and throwing out the old shutters. EEEEEEKKKKKK! Throwing out!!???? I immediately loaded them into the car and hauled them home-not knowing at the time what I'd do with them; but I knew it would be fun!

So, here we are needing Nook privacy–and a shed full of wooden shutters. Handsome went out and purchased four 4 x 4 posts, hinged the shutters together; and after cementing the posts in the ground nailed our hinged shutter fence to them! We are not sure why our friends had two different colors of shutters on the outside of their house?? White for some, gray for the others........ BUT, didn't matter to us, because we painted them a wonderful French blue. {We painted the other side a bark color to blend in with the trees-since this was the side facing our neighbors. We weren't sure they would be as excited about the French blue as we were. In fact, we know that they wouldn't be.}

So, if you come across (or already have!) some old wooden shutters-have fun making a little nook for yourself!

Here's what you need to make a fence out of old shutters:

* as many shutters as you would like the fence long–we have 10-6 feet hight shutters

* 4 x 4 posts (that are 2 feet taller than your shutters)-about 1 every 3-4 shutters (depending on the width of your shutters)

* 2 sets of hinges for each set of shutters

* nails/screw to attach shutters to posts

* cement for posts

1. Paint the back side of the shutters-once installed you will not be able to get to this side! (Be aware of any neighbors that may not be as excited about your nook as you are–so, be considerate in your color choices for their side. )

2. Measure off how many feet apart you will need a post, dig a hole that is 2′ deep, put post in, fill with cement. When dry, cover with dirt.

3. Attach shutters together with hinges-make sure the 'hinge' is on the back side, spread out flat

4. Once cement has dried-usually 24 hours-attach shutter sections to posts using nails or screws. (Screws are a bit more sturdy for this project, but nails will work just fine.)

5. Paint your side of the fence! {When we painted ours–we didn't make it opaque, we wanted a weathered look. That is hard to see in the pictures-if that is the look you are looking for it will only take one coat.)

6. Cozy up your Nook with furniture, plants, walkways, etc.

7. Sit and listen to birdsong while sipping your coffee!

Some things to remember:

**be sure to check your shutters to make sure there are no decayed places before using.

We used shutters that were found....so the total cost of this project was $35! Woohoo!

In the Nook~

Daune

Cottage in the Oaks

www.cottageintheoaks.com

For some more fun shutter ideas that I found...head over to my Shutters! Board here: http://www.hometalk.com/b/710723/shutters

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Daune | Cottage in the Oa... Greenville, NC on May 11, 2012
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    Daune | Cottage in the Oa... 5 days ago
    I love the old doors idea! That would be so fun!
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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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    Kathy Conley 7 days ago
    I just LOVE this and I can't wait to try this in my yard. Thanks for sharing !
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  • This was the ugly unit before its makeover!
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Fence Picket A/C Unit Cover

Do you have an ugly air conditioning unit sitting in your yard? Yes? We did too, but now we have an awesome cover up for it! We used some old wooden fence pickets to create a more eye ...»
pleasing surround for our ugly old unit. Please come on over to our blog and see how we put it together for very little money!

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Clover House, DeeDee Decatur, TX 7 days ago
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    Clover House, DeeDee 7 days ago
    Thanks SLS Construction Solutions! :)
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