This is a home we owned
several years ago in the
Historical District of Green Bay.
The big old houses were built
close together with long ,deep yards.
The house to the left of
the one we bought
was an eyesore as far as
the yard was concerned.
The fix?
A fence!
What's the old saying?......
Good fences screen ugly things
make good neighbors.
SOOO TRUE.
Here is one of the
highlights when we were done.
When we moved in
this is what I saw looking out our
breakfast nook window.
Now how cute is THAT? NOT!!!!
Look what a difference a fence makes.
This is from the back looking towards
the back of the house.
Before:
After:
This was before any landscaping was done.
We divided the back yard into
two "rooms"...and put a picket fence
across the back yard to divide it.
First we had to dig up the yard to
trench utilities out to the back.
I stuck an arbor there so they
would know where I wanted
to place the fence across
The fence went up to make the division.
The problem was that the neighbor's
old garage was built on the property line.
It looked like what you see above.
The neighbor allowed me to paint it
and hang a door and two windows on it.
I painted the back of the windows black
so that they looked like the real deal.
They are basically "decorations"
hung on the side of the garage.
I eventually painted the shutters
white-sadly, no pictures of that.
hung on the side of the garage.
I eventually painted the shutters
white-sadly, no pictures of that.
Want to see what is behind the gate now?
Come on in!
Hard to believe it's the same place, isn't it?
New Dawn roses eventually grew up the
arbors and scrambled right up over
the side of the garage.
New Dawn roses eventually grew up the
arbors and scrambled right up over
the side of the garage.
I did-oh yes-I did!
If I run away from home you might want
to look for me under the arbor
in my old 'secret garden'!
Shhhh-don't tell MyHero where I am
If I run away from home you might want
to look for me under the arbor
in my old 'secret garden'!
he might show up and want me to cook!
