fence colour?? what do you think??

yep, deffo black lol.

my reasoning is thus:-

through the windows onto the garden from the kitchen (which is black gloss units, white walls and oak worktops with a touch of red) i think the black fencing will tie in nicely??

also, the lounge which is cream, black and aubergine with wooden floor (floor marries in with the decking) also ties in with the house being cream and black.

i think Mr Grinch is right though about the plinths and posts being too much, so i may paint them with the cream sandtex (as i've got some left over from when i did the house. am i slightly mad or just very brave??

 

this is what swayed me by looking at black fences :-

 

I think you have made the right choice. I think it will look great, especially if you get the evergreen Buxus to go with it
Nice !

G

 

just shown wifey this and she say " not too enamoured with it, i don't like dark brown either"

good job the garden is my domain, she has no interest in gardening at all.


black it deffo is then.......................

 

will look wickedley Contrasting with your kitchen :WINK1:

 

thats very deep Armandii

just like things to "flow". and i think some things, garden inc, should compliment each other rather than shout against. just my take on it. its the ocd in me

 

lol, i'm in for some stick here, good job i've got thick skin!!

the plinths are getting painted cream, as when i thought about what mr Grinch said, it prob would be too much.
for the posts, i can't decide to go with cream or black.

i can't wait to get it finished as to how i want it, and if i had the money it would be done right away. as it is, i'm picking bits up as and when i can afford it. i've always loved my garden, and spend hours in them at every able opportunity.

things have changed a little over the last 3 years since junior came along, as spending time with him and my wife & getting him sorted is the main priority when i finish work. got another little one due in August, so i need to get it finished by then.

i've always taken an interest in both house and garden since i bought my first house, and it has become a passion of mine. my other main interest is cooking, and if i didn't do the job i do, then i'd be a chef. love it!!

i do like things that flow with others, always have had.
my wife thinks i'm anal about things but the way i look at it is i've never taken things for granted, and i appreciate everything i have both with my family to my job to the house etc... and my take on things is that you look after things, whether material or personal.

having a garden that flows with the rest of the house makes sense to me, but i appreciate others don't think that way. the garden is not a reminder of the rooms in my house, its just got to "gel" not stick out (like it did when i first finished the house and didn't have time nor money to start the garden).

every part of our house makes me go not because its anything special but because its ours, and the little un loves his bedroom and "his" garden!

 

problem is that when you sit in the garden .... you don't see the decor and colour of the kitchen ...

a garden is a special place and should be treated unique

thats the way I see it

 

with our garden we do *dim*. the inside of the kitchen can be seen from the decking and the garden as the kichen has bi-folds on it, (as does the lounge) and if we're in the garden, chances are, the doors are open, hence the " marriage" of the 3. told you i was anal

 

no probs .... but like I said earlier .... smother the fences with creepers and shrubs, ... plan and plant the garden full .... use the space wisely and you won't see the fence in a couple of years