We are fortunate to have great neighbours on both sides of the yard. Both are avid gardeners and while on the South side there is a large garage for storage (hidden by trees), the North side has a row of sheds just beside the fence near the end of the yard. Now, we have a fairly deep yard and it is also pretty well-treed, but despite that the green steel sheds on the North side end up being directly visible from a seat in the sunroom summer and winter. Nearby we have some (volunteer) Virginia Creeper vine growing through the mulch, and we thought that a tallish lattice would be ideal to support the latter while blocking the less-than-idyllic view of the former.
I selected a commercially-made "privacy" lattice which is mostly wood with only small holes. It's made from the brown variety of treated wood and I made frames for the three-panel section out of brown treated wood as well. The tops are contoured to make it a bit more attractive and the three panels are attached to the fence. The fence itself should actually be replaced but until that fateful day, I hope it will hold up the lattice. Of course there is the distinct possibility that the attachment of the tall lattice will in fact hasten that fateful day, but time will tell. The
construction process was pretty straightforward with the frame tops being shaped and then all the frame pieces slotted to accept the lattice. The frames were then nailed to the lattice to hold things together.
| Material: | Treated wood |
| Finish: | None |
| Size: | 148.5" wide x 90" tall |
| Done: | June 4, 2018 |
