Wooden Picket Fences

The Traditional Beauty of Wooden Picket Fences

Wooden picket fences are useful, traditional and beautiful. The white picket fence is an image that is often associated with the perfect suburban family. If you want to install your own picket fence, you should know there are a variety of styles you can choose from. For example, you can choose a traditional picket style with dog-eared tops. This means the top of each picket is triangular in shape. Or, you may want to go for a flat top picket so that you can install decorative latticework on top. There are even decorative gothic style picket tops for a more sophisticated and elegant look.

As far as the color of your fence, there are also plenty of choices. While white is the oldest and most traditional choice, it is not the only one. White paint can look stunning against the background of a green lawn. Of course, you may want something a bit more natural. In that case, you may want to stick with the natural color of the wood. You will want to use a weatherproof varnish to protect the wood from the elements. Another option would be to choose a stain with a bit of natural color especially if the wood is very light or plain. Popular wood types for fences include spruce, redwood and cedar.

When installing your fence posts, they should be at least two feet underground for the best stability. With a depth like this, you don't need concrete. Instead, tamp some gravel into the hole and refill with dirt. Slope the dirt away from the fence post to allow rainwater to run away from the post rather than towards it. As far as your picket panels are concerned, you can buy pre-fabricated panels or install each picket one by one.

Wooden picket fences also make great boundaries for garden areas. You can use shorter pickets to surround most any garden area. You may want to coordinate the color of your garden fence to match your flowers. White and red are good choices for a garden fence. Of course, natural wood is also a great choice. Whether you install a picket fence to surround your property or simply to contain your flowers, you will love the charming look of this wooden fence style.

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Family wants answers after 11-year old shot to death
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Renton targets bar's liquor license | Making a stand in north Renton - Renton Reporter

Renton targets bar's liquor license | Making a stand in north Renton
Renton Reporter
Across Park Avenue from Trophies stands a 6-foot wooden fence, put there by residents who feared their homes would get hit by bullets. In that Dec. 9 shooting a bullet hit a front door of one of the houses. EURœPeople are to that level of frustration and .

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Tornado damage in Fort Bend County
Residents clean up after a tornado tore portions of roofs off garages and homes as well as toppled wooden fences in a residential area near Bissonnet and Gaines in Sugar Land...

West Haven man in serious condition following accident - New Haven Register

West Haven man in serious condition following accident
New Haven Register
By Abbe Smith, Register Staff WEST HAVEN EUR” A local man suffered serious injuries early Sunday after he drove his car over the curb on Beach Street, sideswiped a pole and knocked down 100 feet of wood fencing, police said. The 26-year-old West Haven .

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Opposition to W.Va. high school mascot's musket prompts proposed revisions to . - The Republic

Opposition to W.Va. high school mascot's musket prompts proposed revisions to .
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He told me to either lay it down by the fence or actually put it away on the bus." Burdette said he's been told similar stories by previous mascots. Wood County Democrat Dan Poling wants school spirit to triumph over legal objections.

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Contraband delivery from prison foiled - WOOD-TV

Contraband delivery from prison foiled
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