Fences-Lending a Picturesque Look to Your Home with a Pristine and Classic Charm
- By Clean Cut Fence
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- 21 Feb, 2014
The “white picket fence” life has been the great American dream since 1940s. But what does the phrase “white picket fence“ mean? The phrase symbolizes a perfect house with a white picket fence, with children and dog playing in the yard, indicative of a perfect life and peaceful living. Isn’t this a visualization of your own dream house? The white picket fence around the house carries a significant importance in completing this picture!
Picket fences play an iconic role in defining the perimeter of your house. With a touch of classic style, they lend a picturesque look to your house. Making your house stand out, they add a design element to your yard. Being smaller than standard fences, they create a perfect balance by providing visibility without an over exposure. Besides beauty, they tend to keep the traffic out. Nothing can beat the functionality part of fences in providing protection to your pets!
You get to choose from four main styles of fences to dress up the perimeter of your house - flat top, dog ear, gothic and French gothic. These picket fences work perfectly for rustic homes, cottages, Victorian homes, older homes and highly landscaped gardens.
Traditionally speaking, wooden picket fences were a popular choice but with technology all out to offer convenience in this age of hectic life style; vinyl is a preferred material that offers the look of wood minus the elbow grease. These fences are strong, durable and weather resistant. The other materials in this range are steel, aluminum, wrought iron and bamboo but of course if you want to go with the one that comes at a low cost, resists the elements, requires little maintenance and stays good for long, vinyl is your material for picket fence.
Fencing improves the look of your home; it adds an instant street appeal to your house. It adds privacy and yet gives an unobstructed view. With the fences lending a pristine and classic charm to the perimeter of your home, you can enhance the beauty by weaving rambling clematis, roses through the pickets. Pillars and posts secure your fence as well as define a style statement. Your fence can act as a backdrop to your garden art so make of use this component to the fullest and dress your garden to a theme because you are out to make the white picket fence life a reality. Let nothing stop you from making this dream come true!
If you are looking for a more decorative style instead of the standard privacy fence you may be interested in a French Gothic Picket Fence. The stylish pickets will set your fence apart from your neighbors. The standard 2 ½” spacing between the pickets can be customized to your preference. A picket fence will set a boundary for children and fur babies while maintaining an open feel for your property.
