Fence Fever and 2nd post for the day!

So today I'm laid up, home from work

feeling very under the weather and able to do nothing except sleep or sit and type.

All winter long we talked about starting to renovate this room, a full gut, insulate etc.

The sun now brighter doesn't make it feel so terrible, 

don't get me wrong I am itching for it to be done but we 

aren't inside much of the summer anyway except later in the evening.

                  We have lived 10 years with no privacy in our back yard.
       We also have the blessing of             

the streets mail box right next to us. 

We love our neighbours and the view 

looking down our tree lined historical street but

we need a respite from all who wander past.

It will also add value to our corner lot property.

 Seeing the beautiful fence I recently blogged about that Todd is just finishing for our

neighbour's Dave and Pegg has been even more motivation.

If we won the lotto then we could have both this summer but I think the fence

has won out over the living room.

 Poor Todd, he gets so tired of me changing my mind.

At least this room doesn't look like this anymore!

So I had painted that horrid wallpaper with a leftover can of paint 

and could maybe paint it again (with a cheap can of mistint of course) 

to get us by for one more season.

Would you or would you just wait to renovate?

What we bought 10 years ago. 

And how we have given her a fresher prettier look.

Our backyard quite a few years ago already 

very well established with trees and flowers.

Todd worked hard one summer with his friend Jason moving these

rocks here and then he  planted the trees to make the mailbox

not such an eye sore. It also prevented people from

tacking their unsightly notices on it too.

A couple of years ago we added a little deck off just off the back door and a gazebo.

I searched everywhere to no avail  for an affordable white gazebo and settled on this

one.

 I have always love the romantic historical charm of a picket fence and

pulled this photo from my binder of inspiration pictures. 

I love the curved top line but it will not provide us with the privacy

we need on the lower part. 

Photo from This Old House

This design would definitely provide privacy and I know Todd is a big

fan of the lattice more than pickets. I love lattice too but 

wonder how you deal with repainting down the road. Will it be 

nightmare?

Photo from Canadian House and Home magazine

And so it begins.

Late yesterday afternoon Todd and his friend Jason removed half of this hedge  

which runs across the back of our yard to make way

for the new fence and transplanted it in

Jason's yard.

   

It will not be a fast process, to be done on Todd's free time and 

that is good as it will give me some time to figure out the design.

If you have a fence you would like to share as an idea or sites I could check out, please

let me know.