The boy and our neighbor began to fix the ghetto franken-fence with that cheap and ungodly orange hued wood.
It’s better than this raggedy mess of awfulness, but is still is a hot mess of a salmon colored fence…
Why all of a sudden should we start this you ask? Well…
The city finally sent notice to the neighbor that he was required to get the 15 cars off his front lawn in 24 hours or get fined. The solution? Rip down our properties dividing fence and store some of those broken down cars in their backyard. White trash style!
As a compromise we are splitting the cost of redoing the final ghetto run of fence since it was even more janky after hauling cars through it.
Oh, and look at that poor tree! The city shaved it naked. This is a constant battle against ugliness and we are losing horribly.
The boy rebuilt and cemented in some new posts to finish the final run of fence.
Shazaam! Fence.
Maybe now it’s time to consider landscaping that foot and a half of weed grass. Maybe some sort of tall drought resistant plant that camouflages this new fence…
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At least it’s got a nice, cohesive look to it.
How does a guy keep 15 cars on a front yard, anyways?
You’re being unfair! Honestly, i think it’s a very nice fence. if it’s just the color you could easily paint it?
You’re going to paint over the salmon ugly with some nice charcoal yes?
Hey, salmon are people too!
Haha the boy bending over. Long time no see.
Isn’t the orange going to fade to grey over time ? Or maybe that only happens in wet climates ? Anyway, I think your driveway looks very posh !
This might sound tacky, but you could always run bamboo along the fence or use it for a blown glass collection – just a thought.
It looks good! Our fence faded pretty quickly so I wouldn’t worry about it…you’ve got enough projects on your plate!!
How about vines? They’re relatively inexpensive, most require very little care, and they grow quickly. As long as your neighbor wouldn’t object – and guessing from the picture of their yard they wouldn’t – it might be a nice solution to soften the hard lines on that side.
You win! I thought my neighbors were trashy.
did the boy see that picture? it’s one to add to the collection!
won’t
did the boy see that picture? it’s one to add to the collection!
won’t the salmon color fade?
Is that your dog playing with the neighbor’s dog? Oh, and it’s funny that we don’t know the Boy’s name or what he looks like, but now we’re kind of intimate with his ass.
Bamboo!
be ware of that bamboo-been told that it’s very difficult to remove…uproot, that is.
Another desert dweller here–try eugenia myrtifolia/eugenia monterey bay. It grows well, the roots are noninvasive(won’t mess up your fence) and if you let it just grow, it makes a nice privacy screen. A lot of people trim it into topiaries, but it looks nice wild too.
hey, we’re going to build our fence next week. Are you interested in more salmon colored fencing? If you can wait a week or so. They are yours for free. We have 20′ + ft of it? All in good condition.
Also, I’m a big fan of texas privet. It grows like a weed. If you plant ‘em every 2 ft or so, it’ll be a fortress in no time… We’re planning to plant privet around the perimeter of the house.
Here’s what it looks like:
http://blog.unit3a.nu/2010/03/17/cor-ten/
Your place is looking great…sketchup models too!
We had to build that same salmon fence around our house when we moved in because of our dog (the original fence was just as ugly as the one you had, and only 3 feet tall to boot). After just a year (especially with all this rain) it’s already started to fade to a more reasonable brown. I covet the horizontal fences like you, but it’s just not reasonable for such a big fence.
While it is an ugly color, it looks so much nicer than the ghetto franken-fence that was there before. If you let it age a bit it should go grayish, and if not, that’s what paint and/or stain is for.
Yeah it look better. We’ve had the other salmon half up for over a year and that side just seems to get redder with age! The wood is dyed to be fake redwood – so I don’t think there is a lot of hope for staining it or getting it to go grey.
I think the best solution will be to plant some big things to obscure it.
I have a long run of similar fence at my house and its old and has turned grey. I’m still not a fan. I think in super green climates where its surrounded by foliage the grey sort of fades into the background, but in arid climates there is never enough green around it, and it just looks dull and grey. But, what can you do? Replacing functional fencing is hard to justify when you are on a tight budget. I think that Texas privet looks cool.
Meanwhile, unlike Lisa (above) I think I’ve still got you beat on the white trash neighbors. Mine were partying one Memorial Day and decided that they might lure in some chicks by putting up a sign that said, “Free Beer Wemon (sic) Only.” Spray painted on an old piece of cardboard that they wired to their chain link fence. Needless to say they did not get any takers.
Love what your neighbours have done to the place!
holy camero! it’s kind of post-apocalyptic over that there fancy fence
I think you should splodge coloured paint on it Jackson pollack style… And then plant trees in front of it. (at first I was joking but now I think I like the idea. Lucky I don’t have a fence. Who knows what I’d do to it!!)
love how you have totally changed your house and yard to your exact style. and what a great neighbor to let the cars reside on your property for the time being. it is for the time being, right? i wish our township would make this one family get rid of their junker which hasn’t move in 3 years, yet sits on their side lawn. i can see it from my bedroom window. talk about eyesore!
I have to say – no bamboo! Unless you want it all over your driveway. Bamboo is evil.
What about tall grass? I had Pampass in mind, but I don’t know if it’s drought resistant.
I would kill for that fence btw. I have chain link running around my yard and can’t wait to replace it with any kind of wood – salmon or otherwise!
I think the thing that brings the fence down, visually, more than the color, is the weird little round top that each board has. I wonder if you could cut the top flat with a sawzall. It would look SO much better, more solid, and more architectural… A simple stain or waterproofing would dull the color. But anyway, as other commenter said, there are plenty of funner projects around! thanks for the good read.
Ain’t nothin wrong with “ghetto”.
um, wait. am i missing something? if they had to take the fence down to get the cars in, how will they *ever* get them out? i mean, that is some serious commitment to a car that doesn’t even have a hood. wtf??
also, the moment i saw the title of this post i just knew there would be a boy/ass shot! ha!
I don’t know what you mean “dyed to look like fake redwood” but if it IS wood, a great cheap aging stain that will make it go dark grey can be made from leaving some steel wool or steel nails in a gallon of vinegar for a week or two and then straining it and painting it on. if it is some wood composite plastic thing (but I am assuming not, because that is not cheap), then it won’t work of course.
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