We are having the furnace and air conditioning replaced today. We didn't think to check the height/size of the air conditioner before the equipment was ordered! It's 8" taller than our old one - so the screen I had made for the old one isn't tall enough to hide this one! So now I need to figure out if I can somehow raise the height of the current screen or whether I need to make a new one. The old one is in need of repainting anyway. So, one way or another, we have a little winter construction project that we hadn't planned on!

The current screen in simple and quite see-through to maintain air circulation. It's more to distract your eyes a bit than to completely block the visibility of the air conditioner unit. You can see the screen in this May picture:

DH measuring the height of the new one this afternoon: (the gas tank beside it is just temporary as they test the ac unit....)

... and the view looking down from the back porch. You can see the old screen sitting on the path. Eupatorium 'Chocolate' is blooming nicely now and the white corydalis continues to produce sporadic flowers until late fall.)

Can you please show me how you screen your air conditioners? I'm looking for inspiration :-)