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dancerjodi) wrote2008-04-15 02:37 pm
dancerjodi) wrote2008-04-15 02:37 pm
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Yard Privacy
OK, the spring bug has definitely bit. I think its mostly because its sunny outside, and that in a little over an hour I'm leaving work and won't be back here for a week!
I'd like for us to have some more privacy in our yard this year. Here's our back patio area (with the yellow house behind us right on top):
http://www.marmontianderson.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=21&pos=13
We have a good deal of pressure treated wood in the garage leftover from when we repaired our back porch. Should we try and build some kind of privacy panel/fencing behind our table area? We're creative and have the tools. Maybe something with trellis? Buy a chunk of fencing? This area along the fence is incidentally where the tomato buckets will go (and you can see the herb bed next to the garage).
Privacy behind our 'Dagoba' tree would be problematic http://www.marmontianderson.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=21&pos=5 . Its kind of fused with the chain link in back there! We're in bad need of my cousin the landscaper or a tree doctor to check both of these out, but I digress. I'm not sure what the deal with the tall wood section to the right of the tree is (iirc, its because for some reason there isn't any chain link behind there in that one tiny section). The former homeowners were so odd, and this fence was definitely a special of theirs. Brian's old boss (and our around the corner neighbor) told us that the fence was installed by the previous homeowners not too long before we moved in.
I'm trying to balance being comfy, being private, being pretty but not sterile, not being too wasteful and being cost effective. I know that this is all a tall order, but with planning and creativity I think we can do it. I love tweaking things around our house and since the indoors is mostly resolved I'm looking forward to poking outside. :)
I'd like for us to have some more privacy in our yard this year. Here's our back patio area (with the yellow house behind us right on top):
http://www.marmontianderson.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=21&pos=13
We have a good deal of pressure treated wood in the garage leftover from when we repaired our back porch. Should we try and build some kind of privacy panel/fencing behind our table area? We're creative and have the tools. Maybe something with trellis? Buy a chunk of fencing? This area along the fence is incidentally where the tomato buckets will go (and you can see the herb bed next to the garage).
Privacy behind our 'Dagoba' tree would be problematic http://www.marmontianderson.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=21&pos=5 . Its kind of fused with the chain link in back there! We're in bad need of my cousin the landscaper or a tree doctor to check both of these out, but I digress. I'm not sure what the deal with the tall wood section to the right of the tree is (iirc, its because for some reason there isn't any chain link behind there in that one tiny section). The former homeowners were so odd, and this fence was definitely a special of theirs. Brian's old boss (and our around the corner neighbor) told us that the fence was installed by the previous homeowners not too long before we moved in.
I'm trying to balance being comfy, being private, being pretty but not sterile, not being too wasteful and being cost effective. I know that this is all a tall order, but with planning and creativity I think we can do it. I love tweaking things around our house and since the indoors is mostly resolved I'm looking forward to poking outside. :)
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I'd recommend Ideal Fence right near you, especially for DIY. They were friendly and moderately priced. The guy offered me more how-to advice than I knew what to do with.