Sometimes fences are built to be decorative, but more often they are constructed for practical purposes to define spaces or provide privacy or safety. If the fences or walls belong to neighbors, you don't have much of a choice and will be stuck with the unattractive surface showing on your side. You can build yet another fence to cover your neighbor's or you can consider decorating the side you have by checking with your neighbor first before altering their wall or fence. Here are some suggestions on how to decorate walls and fences.
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Difficulty:
Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Design the surface directly. You can paint textures to create faux effects. A block wall can be painted to mimic an old adobe wall, look like bricks or stone and transform a boring surface in to something that highlights the feel of your garden.
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Paint a mural. You can have something really artistic painted for you, have fun painting your own, or get the family or kids out for a great project with colorful pots of paint and brushes.
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Create textures to your not-so-attractive walls or fences by covering them with textural covers like bamboo, lattice, wall hangings, wall décor, weaving's and more.
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Add trellises or wire coverings on which vines can clamber and spread. Clothing your fence or wall with colorful flowering vines or graceful green plants can turn your plain structures into living dividers. You can also set pots or long containers on the top of thick walls that can spill down hanging plants like beaded curtains.
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