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« Thread Started on Aug 10, 2008, 3:37pm » | |
Our house is a labor of love. It will be 100 years old (according to tax records) next year. For 90 of those years it sat on a city lot in a town near us. A church nearby bought it with the intention of demolishing it to make a new parking lot. We found it, had it moved, and restored it on our 10 acres. It is what I always wanted, a house that looked like it belonged on the acreage but with all the modern conveniences and amenities. Most of the restoration was done by my husband with me, his ever present if inept, helper over a three year period.
The last thing that we needed was the proverbial white picket fence, so I could have some chance of establish a yard inaccessible to the 3 outside dogs we have inherited from those who "lost" them in the country.
But I digress, the picket fence panels that I liked at Home Depot were $30 apiece and we needed 78 plus two gates. My ever frugal husband, AKA Monk, bought the 8 ft. boards used to replace those in privacy fences at 30 cents apiece, cut them in half, and carved out the gothic picket end. He then assembled all the panels and according to my calculations, each panel cost about $6 in materials.
We are now in the process of painting them, and I am hoping Tom Sawyer shows up soon with all his friends. At 100 degrees outside, I am getting pretty sweaty and sometimes I get more paint on me than on the fence.
Here is a picture of my DH working on the fence.
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I told him today that we really needed a pool. His reaction was "humpf" so I guess it might take a little more convincing.
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