Is it beautiful just because it's finished?
Oh beautiful fence and arbor, how i would compose a song to thee. You conceal our garbage cans and add a little rustic charm to the house. The neighbor’s random pile of detritus is no longer visible from our windows. The front gate swings gently to and fro to allow passage of the recycling. The darty cat is contained if he escapes the back door. You are wonderful.
Yes, folks. We finished building the fence. It was fun and it sucked. Dear lord we’re tired. But we couldn’t be happier with the results. Beth applied her creativity to the front gate, adding little panes that mimic the divided lights on our windows. As heavy as the bloody thing is, it swings like a champ. The chop saw paid for itself and more and between it, the circular saw, and the table saw we’ve made more types of cuts than we thought we’d need for a fairly straightforward fence project. Added bonus: I think we have enough leftover wood to build a couple of outdoor chairs. We shall see.
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We have yet to stain the thing but I couldn’t face standing in line at H. Depot long enough to get my stain mixed. That chore will wait until next weekend. We’re shooting for a color close to what we have on the front door. Eventually the fence, the door, and the posts on the front porch should all sorta match. Oh and we got a wisteria to plant on the arbor as soon as the stain’s on. Whew! I’m so glad it’s finally done. Now back to the rivetingly exciting and ever-ongoing chore of restoring the windows.
posted by merideth @ 7/06/2005 10:14:00 AM
8 Comments:
Bravo! That looks very nice. It feels so good to complete a job like that, doesn't it?
goes great with your house! We have the same problem here needing to screen out an alley and garbage cans etc... We were just talking about a pergola because it would give us some sorely needed shade and privacy too.
Good job!
You girls so should have made House Made a HGTV reality show. I would have been a loyal viewer for sure!
Fence is lovely and it's so fun to see how much the house has progressed.
The house looks so awesome! It's a far cry from the non-beautiful siding and no fence days of yore. It looks so great!!!
dont worry mom...we thought about the wisteria...for one thing, we have access to the plant...it's not under the deck so we can prune it...for another, it's gorgeous!!
WOW! You girls do awsome work (as usual).
Beautiful. Man we are soo moving to your house.
I am so impressed with your patience and creativity - you've accomplished so much since I was there! It does help that you don't have the hot weather that we're all suffering from.........
Mom
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