Cedar Privacy Fence

Lap Style Cedar Privacy Fence

Got a really noisy neighbor? The kind that has a security camera that points over your property, type that calls bylaw & parking control, likes to sit on the front porch watches you and others, well?

Time for a solid wood or plastic privacy fence!

Type of wood fence design allows no view through the fence for total privacy of one’s backyard. Spring & Summer is a great time to enjoy your outdoor spaces …. problem is your neighbour(s) got the same idea to enjoy their backyards.

Get a privacy fence quote! And get motivated to take back your families privacy!  Loose your adjacent undesirable neighbor(s) this summer when are using their backyards a lot.


This type of fence uses wood vertical pieces which over lap each other providing continuous wood surface. Lapped vertical wood design is similar to lapping horizontal siding on a building.

Take notice this fence design is little different in that there are no wood post breaks.

Board to Board Privacy Fence

This type of wood fence butt ends the boards against each other making the most of your board’s width.

New Privacy Fence Upgrades

Fence Design ideas have expanded greatly in recent years, offering more options and ideas to dress up your fence with examples as wrought iron inserts as show below.

Privacy Fence P.S. Need a New Year’s resolution? High privacy fence might work to screen out that a noisy neighbor or messy junky neighboring’s yard!

Privacy Fence TIP

Installing a fence is a efficient use of property line because most fence styles only need 8-12 inches of width.

In contrast to say a cedar hedge which in the beginning needs only 2 feet or so … but later after 10-15 years requires 3-5 feet + at the base consuming larger width than anticipated!

Wood Bridge Victorian Design Photos

White Wooden Bridge built by the Koreshan Settlement in the Victorian era of 1905 Florida. Wooden Bridge painted white spans a small Florida creek with Live Oak Tree in front.Closer full view of the Wooden Bridge’s design and its detail.

The 1905 VictorianWood Bridge Story.

Wooden posts painted white rise up high on both sides at each bridge entrance.

Use of Cross design along with fully detailed corner posts.

Entrance view: Estimate bridge is 14 to 16 feet wide with a 70 to 80 foot span.

Approach from opposite side of t he bridge shows the many pieces; timber structure, rails, wood arches, posts and wood decking .. a significant landmark.

Wood Texture Art!

Wood Art can be found in many house finishes but one wood bowl can really display the uniqueness of grain patterns.



Above wood bowl is lath carved from a hand selected piece of maple. Photo was taken sometime ago, and when I viewed it had to do a double take. Was the photo of the inside of the bowl or the backside. Illusion of the wood pattern!

Want a unique Design? One of a kind Display Art or a conversation piece?

Worth investigating, find a Hand picked carved wood grain art piece that captures some of natures beauty worth admiring.

Wood Mulch Your Garden?

Resisting using wood mulch on your gardens because the wood pieces mix with you nice dark triple loam mix? Yup, that’s one of the downsides!

There are many mulch colors, a few Types of Mulches in bulk are Sawmill black, brown Cedar, white Pine, Playground mulch Utility, basic or uncolored natural utility mulch.

We get it! Consider adding mulch to dryer garden beds that need weed control and to retain water. Leaving other gardens with the black loam!

Mulch Garden Design Ideas

Mulch let’s you work with any shape you wish. These mulch gardens are freeform created by the brick outline which helps hold the mulch away from the earth where begonia flowers will be planted.

The garden edge has been edged and filled with mulch. Mulch can be ordered bulk, but we like the Scotts Mulch Deep Forest Brown over the years!

Wood Pallet Wall Design

Wood Pallets repurposed into a simple wall design arrangement for displaying plants. Different plants are placed in plastic flowers trays which retains water … these small plants can found a typical building store or garden center. 

Used in an outdoor patio area at a pub!   

Artistic Bird House

Hand Painted Wood Birdhouse

Wood birdhouse is colorfully painted … creative and visually interesting with the use of bright colors and little design funk ..adding a spark of interest in one’s garden design. A guest conversation piece!

Birdhouse is mounted 10 feet (3 meters) off the ground on a cedar pole with it’s bark still intact. Behind is pine board and batten building siding with a well established climbing vine.

NB. Follow to see lots of creative bird houses. Wood Bird Houses

Pine Cone Decorations

When buying Christmas Decorations … What are the biggest Pine Cones in the World that you can buy?

Sugar pine tree Cones! The longest pine cone found to date measured 58 cm (22.9 in) long. That’s a big cone in your arms when you consider a that full-term baby on averages 19 and 21 inches long. These and other types of large pine cones are very popular as winter decorations at Christmas time.

Pine cones are very popular decoration on their own in containers or as accents amongst evergreen branches during the feastive Christmas season.