How to Draw a Picket Fence on a Wall
Picket fences provide a subtle barrier between areas that is concrete enough to define the space, but open enough to be welcoming at the same time. You will often find picket fences in front of houses where they can serve as a small decorative barrier. If you are looking to invoke the emotions people get when seeing a picket fence inside a room, drawing one on the wall may do the trick. Drawing a picket fence follows many of the same steps as building a picket fence, just without all the digging and woodwork. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Draw a rectangle on your cardboard equal to the width and height that you want each picket to be. For ease of calculations later, it will be best of the width is an even number of inches, like 3 inches as opposed to 3.43 inches.
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Cut the rectangle out of the cardboard. Then cut one end of the long rectangle to taper it to a point. This will be your picket template, so if you want a more intricate design you can cut whatever design you desire into the end instead of just tapering it.
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Draw a post on each edge of the wall. The post can be any width, but it should be the same height as your pickets. Use your straight edge to ensure that the lines are straight. The left and bottom sides of the post don't need a line, as they are the wall edge (or corner) and floor, respectively.
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Determine the amount of space you want between each picket. If you don't want any space, skip this step. If you don't care if the two ends of your fence look different, then just create a cardboard spacer that is as wide as the space you desire. However, if you want to ensure an even amount of space on both ends of the fence and between each picket, you will have to adjust this number down slightly using a little math.
Add the width of a picket to your desired spacing to get the picket allowance. Measure the distance between the posts on the wall, and divide that result by your picket allowance, rounding the result up to the nearest whole number to give you the total number of pickets on your fence. Multiply the number of pickets by the width of a picket, which will tell you just how much space on the wall will be taken up by pickets, and then subtract this number from the total space between the posts that you measured before, leaving you with the total amount of space between the pickets. Divide the total amount of space between the pickets by the total number of pickets, plus one since there is one more space than there are pickets, to get the width of each picket space. Make a cardboard rectangle equal in width to the final result.
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Place your spacer rectangle next to the left post and then place your picket template next to the spacer, ensuring that the template is resting against the floor. Remove the spacer and draw the outline of the picket. Place the spacer to the right of the first picket, and then your template to the right of the spacer. Remove the spacer and draw the second picket. Repeat this process all the way down the wall. If you made your calculations correctly, the last picket will be an even space away from the right post.
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Draw two sets of two lines in the spaces between the pickets to show the rails that hold the pickets up. These rails should be 1/3 of the way up the picket and 2/3 of the way up the picket. Use your level to ensure that these lines remain even across the fence. If you didn't have any space between the pickets, you can skip this step.
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Use the pencil lines as a guide to draw the fence in marker or pen, making the fence more visible. If you desire, you can then paint the fence to make it stand out even more.
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