How to Hide Utility Boxes in Your Yard

Are you racking your brain trying to come up with a landscaping idea to hide your utility boxes from view? Have you thought about using bushes or shrubs but worry about when they grow so large they obstruct your access to the utility and cable boxes? This trellis idea should do the trick for you. This idea will help you cover those boxes mounted on the side of your house.

Curb appeal and landscaping are both very important things when you are trying to sell your house. Real Estate buyers will be comparing your house to others on the market so you want to be sure to hide your utility boxes and air conditioning units as best you can.

Things You'll Need

• 1 large section of trellis - wide enough to cover the front of your utilies
• 2 smaller sections of trellis - maybe 6-10 inches wide
• Shovel or post hole digger
• Outdoor screws
• Hinges
• Hook and eye latch
• Flower pot holders
• Flower pots

Instructions

1. Measure the area you want to cover. Be sure to go over by about 2 inches on either side of your utilities.

2. Purchase trellis sections from your local home improvement store or Target. They sell sets that are pre-finished and weatherproof. They usually come with 4-6 panels. You can use 2 together for the front and 1 each for the sides. You are basically making a box around the front of the utilities.

3. Use your shovel or post hole digger to install the trellis panels.

4. 

   Connect the 2 panels together to make your front panel or use one larger panel.

5. Add hinges to one side of the larger panel and connect to one of the side panels. This will make the larger panel like a door. This way you can still access your utility boxes easily by just opening it up like you would a door.

6. Add a hook and eye latch or a gate latch to the other side of the larger front panel

7. Purchase or make flower pot holders that you can hook onto the trellis in strategic spots. You dont want it to be a wall of plants but you want enough to cover your utility boxes.

8. 

   You are done. You can change your plants when you get tired of them, you can make an herb garden, it is really up to you.

Tips & Warnings

• Measure the area twice to be sure you have it right.

• Wear safety goggles if you are using any power tools

• If you have your house up for sale then you know that curb appeal is very important. You do not want a buyer to drive by and cross you off the list without even coming inside your house.