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Alternative And Creative Design Options For Your Home's New Fence

15 June 2015 by Connor Hanson

It can be difficult to coming up with an idea for a unique and creative fence for your home. One way to approach this is to find a few basic design concepts and then change specific aspects. This process will allow you to create a customized fence to surround your home:

Choose Multiple Materials

One option you have is to use multiple materials to build one fence. Mixing different textures and colors allows you to create a unique fence.

A popular mixture is to have the base and posts made from stone and then you use wrought iron for the individual uprights of the fence. However, since natural stone comes in different shapes, you may want to consider artificial stone. This product resembles natural stone, but it comes in a uniform shape, which makes it easier to create a straight line for the base and posts of your fence.

Another material mixture is to combine chain link and wood. With this option, you use the wood as a frame for the chain link. Ideally, the wood looks like a picture frame around the metal and you use wood for the posts to help secure the fence into the ground. 

Add Accents

When you prefer to stick with one material, you can choose to accent the fence in different ways. However, before doing so, you need to draw out your design scheme so you have an idea of how different colors or textures will look.

One of the easier ways to accent a wooden fence is to pick different colors for the posts and slats. For example, you leave the individual slats unpainted and you paint the posts white, black or alternating colors. Another option is to pick a vibrant color for the slats like a deep red or bright blue and paint the posts white.

You do have other accent options, like adding wrought iron designs to your fence. Some companies make specific pieces for the outside of a fence, such as larger decorative handles or metal features that you attach to the door of your fence.

Other companies make decorative post-caps in various shapes, colors and sizes. Some of these caps for example, look like spades, balls or squares that come in metallic or wood finishes. It is important to look through all of your decorating options, so that you have a better idea of how to decorate your new fence.

Before you choose a specific fence type for your property, you need to consider the alternative design choices. You have the option of getting really creative by using multiple materials or colors so you can make a unique fence for surrounding your property. To learn more, contact a company like Hahn-AA Fencing.

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