ic Kathe With an E: Beautifying The Wooden Fence Project

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Beautifying The Wooden Fence Project

Like I said a few posts ago when I shared my garden art,
I want more color in the back garden this year.
With that in mind, I decided to add some color to our faded wooden back fence.

I started with two stars I've had forever but no longer use.
They had Christmas scenes on them so I got some blue spray paint and covered that up.
A friend of Mr. B's does catering and she had given me a trash bag full of
large number 10 cans. I removed the labels of three of them
and spay painted them white.
Kathe With An E Wooden Fence Project
I had 2 same-sized metal planters and they got a coat of pink spray paint.
Kathe With An E Wooden Fence Project
I planted pink petunias in the two of the white cans and purple petunias in the third. The pink containers got white  petunias and purple petunias.
Kathe With An E Wooden Fence Project
Using screws, I attached them all on the wooden fence.
Kathe With An E Wooden Fence Project
Evenly spaced?  Close enough. Same height? Probably not but, I totally love the look of it!
Kathe With An E Wooden Fence Project

Kathe With An E Wooden Fence Project
Our wooden fence is now darn close to being as pretty as the rest of the garden
and all I had to buy were a couple of cans of spray paint!
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61 comments:

  1. Its beautiful Kathe. I love the pops of color against the wooden fence! Looks great!:)

    Hugs
    Sumaya

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  2. That is beautiful garden Kathe! I love what you did with the cans and also the little white fence make a lovely contrast. Super nice! love it!

    Hope you are having a lovely day

    Hugs
    Cami @ TitiCrafty by Camila

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  3. It looks so pretty, Kathe! I love all the bright colors. Great job beautifying an otherwise utilitarian space. Hope you have a wonderful week.
    Blessings,
    Nici

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  4. Great job, I need to overcome my fear of spray paint, lol, as I have a couple of projects to do. xo

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  5. You did jazz up your fence. Love your spray painted pots and the star.

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  6. I love it!! I've seen a ton of cute Pinterest fences...but I love yours the best so far!

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  7. Kathe that is so darn cute! Love that you went with red, white and blue! Looks great on your fence and how clever to reuse those stars! It has been pouring rain here today so I've done nothing but hang out on the computer, nap and read. Perfect Sunday!

    hugs,
    Linda

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  8. Love!! The colours are great and the placement is fantastic.

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  9. Your fence looks fabulous! I love the cans for planters...great use and saving them from the landfill! It all looks great...:) Enjoy!

    Blessings, Vicky
    Life On Willie Mae Lane

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  10. I love it, Kathe! It looks great and the border white fence is just adorable :-)

    Linda
    With A Blast

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  11. Hi Kathe. Pretty, pretty, pretty! Nice job! Susan

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  12. wow! So fun and summery! That looks amazing... wish it was my backyard :o) Emily @ Nap-Time Creations

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  13. Love the touches you added, Kathe! It's fun to have the different heights for decor!

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  14. Wow Kathe! Everything looks so beautiful! Great job!

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  15. Oh my word, what a huge difference it made to the fence. I love the stars and all the flowers, beautiful. Thanks tons for joining Inspire Me. Hugs, Marty

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  16. Your fence looks lovely Kathe - all bright and cheery!

    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a fabulous week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  17. Sharing this with my mom! She is in the process of beautifying her side yard.

    Princess Splendor
    www.princesssplendor.com

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  18. Kathe it look charming! I'm hopping over from Sarah's blog hop. Hugs!

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  19. I love this! I like random placement of things. I think it makes it more interesting! Your garden looks great!

    Thanks for linking this up to the In and Out of the Kitchen link party!

    Cynthia at http://FeedingBig.com

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  20. I am loving all the color it brings!!! Gotta love color, especially during Summer!
    Restoration Beauty

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  21. This looks great! So patriotic!

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  22. It's looking great! I'd love if you'd like up to The DIY'ers: http://homecomingmn.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-diyers-and-some-favorites.html

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  23. It looks so festive! I have so much to do to get ready for summer!

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  24. Looks great! I've been thinking we need to do something to pretty up our fence, it looks terrible!

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  25. Thanks for linking up to Tasteful Tuesdays and for the link back :o) Can't wait to see what you bring next week. Emily @ Nap-Time Creations
    oh, and I just posted looking for some help with my blog... maybe you can offer some advice?

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  26. I really like how it turned out! Love some pops of color in our garden as well. :-)

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  27. saw this at a linky party, i love high impact, easy crafts like this. planning for when i have a garden

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  28. My daughter and I want to decorate our fence this year--great ideas!

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  29. I love spray paint. I'm thinking to replace and add more bird houses to my fence. Those colors would look fabulous on my bird houses.

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  30. You know what, I'm so insprired, I just put on my shoes and a little make up so I can head over to the craft store and pick up some inexpensive bird houses. :)for what it's worth

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  31. You have just inspired me. I have this fence that is plain and dull. I am sure the neighbors hate looking at it as well. I can't wait to make a few trips to some yard sales, or thrift store to find some fun things to put on my fence. :)

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  32. This is a great idea. Will have to get some spray paint now, I have a couple gallon cans that I can use. Thanks for the idea.
    betsy

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  33. Thanks for sharing that, I have the same blank fence in my yard. I'll have to copy you ;)

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  34. So much fun - love the result, and it kinda looks fun to do - one of those get-your-hands-dirty-but-not-too-hard projects!

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  35. Thank you for sharing at Party In Polka Dots! You garden AND fence looks so pretty!

    Shelley

    www.piggyinpolkadots.com

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  36. A revisit to thank you for linking up with TTF this week. I love how you used things you had and crated this great looking fence art!

    Linda

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  37. Very pretty! I like to hang things on my privacy fence too!

    Thanks for joining The Creative HomeAcre Blog Hop! We hope you'll join us again this Sunday!
    www.acultivatednest.com

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  38. Wow, those colored cans really make the fence look great! What a great way to recycle those old coffee cans (are number 10 cans about the same size, they look to be). I better start saving mine, I have a little area of fence on the front of our house that could totally use this. Thanks for sharing. :)

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  39. Good stuff! I love that it's repurposed, and has your quirky feel to it. Makes me wish we had a wooden fence (we just have plastic ones, unfortunately).

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  40. What a great idea! Now, if only I had a fence! Sharing on my Walking on Sunshine page! Thank you for linking up with Foodie Friends Friday!

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  41. Well Kathe aren't you clever! I love this. So cheerful and pretty and done of a budget. Thanks so much for joining us at Transformed Tuesday.

    Hugs,
    Peggy~PJH Designs

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  42. Clever idea! Your garden looks festive. Love the white picket edging.

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  43. Great job on the fence! I love it and may have to steal the idea. We just painted our house today and it will be finished up on monday, I can't wait to start using the flower bed!

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  44. Thanks for sharing at Foodie Friends Friday!

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  45. Kathe, you really have brightened it up. What a great way to bring some color into your garden! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  46. Cute! I love how it spruces up your fence! Thanks for sharing at Pinworthy Projects.

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  47. Pinning now! Love this and definitely needed something cheap and easy to do with our backyard. I think this work perfectly! Thanks so much!

    New Mrs Adventures @ http://thenewmrsadventures.blogspot.com/

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  48. I love your stars :) I bet it makes you smile when you see that bright spot in your yard! Thanks so much for sharing at last week's All my Bloggy Friends - Linda and I look forward to seeing what you share this week! :)

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  49. WOW!!! Your fence looks amazing. Great idea to re-purpose items.
    Thanks so much for sharing at Tuesdays with a Twist. Hope to see you again this week!

    http://back2basichealth.blogspot.com/2013/05/tuesdays-with-twist-7-and-huge-seed.html

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  50. Looks great!!! =) Thanks for linking up at the Pinterest Power Party!

    Danielle
    SewMuchCrafting.com

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  51. I love it Kathe! Everything goes so great together..I really really love the flowers in the cans :) and the little white fence.

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  52. Love this look, Kathe! The stars turned out wonderfully! I appreciate you sharing with Home and Garden Thursay,
    Kathy

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  53. your fence line looks fabulous!

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  54. Cute! Aren't you the smart one painting the old stars! I'd probably have donated mine and then saw new ones painted and bought them! Duh... My fence is plastic but if I could find something to hang down that might work! I can hear my husband sign and see his eyes rolling now!! LOL

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  55. I really wish I could get that kind of wood fence in Naples FL, but it takes a while to get that weathered look.

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  56. yet they are additionally winding up more famous for front gardens also. privacy fence

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