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15 years ago

Not sure this is right place to ask this question but here it goes. My home has a stone front. The fence in back is painted white which can be seen from the street.

Now my wife and I were thinking about installing a natural wood split rail fence across the front of the house. We thought that since the exterior is a natural looking stone we could get away with a natural wood fence out front,but the issue is the white fence also can be seen from the street. Its a 6' tall lattice fence.

What do you think?

Comments (9)

  • 15 years ago

    Can you plant some tall shrubs to obscure the view of the back fence?

    I think we would need to see pics to give you any real opinion on how two different fences would look.

  • 15 years ago

    In my area, homeowners are typically responsible for fencing just one of the sides of their property. So we have the south fence and our next door neighbor has the north fence along our backyard. The south fence is a 6 ft stained cedar privacy fence. The north fence is a 3 ft white picket fence. Our backyard is about 37 feet wide and our home has red brick on the street facing side, with beige common brick on the north and south sides.

    We don't notice the fence difference any longer because we have tall plant
    material along the 6 ft tall fence and plants/shrubs are now as tall as
    taller than the privacy fence. I'm curious as to why you are considering
    fencing your front yard. Where we live, that would be very anti-social.

  • 15 years ago

    Where we live our homeowners association design standards do not allow front or side fencing, so problem solved for us. If it did allow fencing I would not like several different style fences on the same property. I do like natural wood split rail, but would plant tall fast-growing trees or shrubs in front of the white lattice fence in the rear yard. Pictures, please.

  • 15 years ago

    Personally, I would go for a more refined look for the front of my house than a split rail fence. I love the look of stone pillars with boards between them.

    Camouflage the lattice fence with a dark green or brown stain.

  • 15 years ago

    Get some semi solid deck paint in a wood tone and put it over the white, it will blend just fine.

  • 15 years ago

    can someone explain how to upload a picture?

  • 15 years ago

    We decided to do a split rail just on corners of driveway,not all the way across the front. Not overbearing just a little accent. We are planting a few shrubs on either side also.

  • 15 years ago

    I don't like the idea of combining fence material if they can be seen together. Regardless if you have covenants or not in your area, if you can see the two fences at the same time, it wouldn't suit my eye.

  • 15 years ago

    No, I wouldn't want to see two different fence materials.

    Hogan, it sounds like you think you need something out front but don't really know what.

    I've never been a fan of random fence parts used to create focal points in a yard. I think there are better options available. With your white fence in the back, I think your "corners only" fence will look especially out of place.

    A stacked stone border around a raised bed would highlight the stone on your house and create a much more elegant focal point.

    I'd talk to some professional landscapers before you decide on anything.