I just sit here, very smug, watching all the people who paint their fences having to repaint them constantly. I don't paint any of mine, just use straight weathered featherboard. Lasts for years and years, and simple to pull a board or 2 off and replace when needed. No painting, no different colors, no upkeep, maximum smugness
The thing is - I don't like the colour of unpainted wood @strelitzia32. I also like painting, which many people don't. The dark colours show off plants really well too. Horses for courses.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I don’t really like the silvery wood. Although I also don’t like painting! I wouldn’t have had a fence at all but we are very exposed to the neighbours and a hedge would take too long to grow.
The thing is - I don't like the colour of unpainted wood @strelitzia32. I also like painting, which many people don't. The dark colours show off plants really well too. Horses for courses.
@Fairygirl I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of all my free time not painting fences
Agree though, dark background really makes foliage and plants stand out. It would be like painting the Golden gate Bridge if I started though, I'd never finish
I don't paint all of it though. Only bits that are weathered, or where plants have rubbed. It's mostly the coping tops on the raised beds. I have a lot of evergreens too, so lots of the fence is hidden. I had to keep finding jobs anyway, once I retired. I hadn't realised quite how low maintenance my garden was until I retired.
On flat wood, a wee paint roller is ideal. One for emulsion, not the foam ones for gloss.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I don't stain the really long fence which goes down the length of the garden - it would take days. Can't say I particularly like the look of the natural featherboarded fence - but it's now mostly hidden by large shrubs so I just live with it.
I do, however, have a 10m length of more ornamental fencing across the garden which screens the utility corner and provides support for some clematis plants. It was a relatively quick job to apply 2 coats of stain when it was first installed and (like Fairy) I just touch up the edges every other year - takes about an hour tops.
I like the black because the fence just fades into the background and black really does allow the plants to shine out.
Have to stain the shed to keep it reasonably waterproof - the wood seemed to soak the rain up like a sponge before I did it and the inside was damp and mouldy. That takes considerably longer than an hour.....
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The dark colours show off plants really well too.
Horses for courses.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Fairygirl I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of all my free time not painting fences
Agree though, dark background really makes foliage and plants stand out. It would be like painting the Golden gate Bridge if I started though, I'd never finish
I had to keep finding jobs anyway, once I retired. I hadn't realised quite how low maintenance my garden was until I retired.
On flat wood, a wee paint roller is ideal. One for emulsion, not the foam ones for gloss.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Life is far too short to waste time like that.
I do, however, have a 10m length of more ornamental fencing across the garden which screens the utility corner and provides support for some clematis plants. It was a relatively quick job to apply 2 coats of stain when it was first installed and (like Fairy) I just touch up the edges every other year - takes about an hour tops.
I like the black because the fence just fades into the background and black really does allow the plants to shine out.
Have to stain the shed to keep it reasonably waterproof - the wood seemed to soak the rain up like a sponge before I did it and the inside was damp and mouldy. That takes considerably longer than an hour.....