When we bought our house (almost nine years ago!), one of the biggest selling features was the amazing backyard. Because our house is in the "elbow" of two streets, we have probably one of the largest backyards you'll see in this area. As DINKs, we didn't really use the backyard and therefore, didn't put any money into it. Now with two active boys, we've been spending more and more time outside. Unfortunately, the fence (which was original to the house) was in poor shape and continued to get worse and worse over the past year. A few years back, we had a fence company come out and give us a quote but at the time we had one income and there was no way we could swing the price tag on a new fence. Finally, after many years and watching our fence continue to deteriorate (we arrived home from school one day to find part of our fence completely blown down!) this past week we were finally able to replace our fence and finally be able to have the privacy and safety we've been longing for!
Here are some before and after photos:
From the front yard
Interior
Coming up the driveway (notice part of the fence is down up by the garage door!)
From the alley
In about a month or so, the company will come back out and stain the fence, once the wood as acclimated and cured. We had such a great experience with Texas State Fence and the boys loved watching the workers build the fence each day!
Now on to other backyard projects...
