Drive De-Fence-ively
Bay Area homes can be packed quite closely together and positioned near the front of the lot closest to the street. Privacy can be an issue, but your home's message to the public needs some thought as well.
Fences and gates are the introduction and the passageway from public to private life. Are they solid, blocked and severe? Playful and whimsical? Welcoming and warm? Materials, colors, accessories, lines and configurations of a fence communicate to your visitor before they even reach the front door. You can combine wood, wrought iron, glass, recycle material and other surfaces. You can accentuate with a weathervane or Spanish tile address numbers framed in cedar.
The next time you drive through town, glance at the fences and gates that stand sentinel in neighborhoods and notice what message each one is sending.
Ipe wood fence with opaque glass panel gate by On The Beam
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