Charcoal stained fence

A couple weeks ago we put the final touches on the fence stain (see the before pics here!). We still need to figure out what we want to do with the floor of the deck, but I thought I'd share some updated pics anyway. We chose Charcoal by Wood-Shield and love the way it warms up the back yard. It makes the greenery really stand out! Next up is the deck floor as I mentioned and we just put in an order for a sail shade for under the pergola because it gets really hot up there in the afternoon…

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As part of our landscape remodel, we were faced with a challenge: what to do with the weather-stained fence which spanned our entire back yard. The Before Replacing it was a non-starter unfortunately, so we opted to straighten it, mend it in a few places, and paint or stain. We’ll have a large hedge in front of it eventually, once our plants fill in. For the paint, we wanted something not too thick, not too black, not too blue, not too brown… the perfect charcoal grey that wouldn’t smother…

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