Inspiration #52: Back in the backyard – fence design

While I was away in Denmark refueling the creative fire, the backyard became a jungle. I’ve been getting it back to ground prep and continuing to demo. Now all that’s left is the upper platform at the door – and that comes down this weekend! All of the framing material is at #L2HQ and I’m sourcing the work for the deck post holes, so I thought we’d jump back into backyard inspiration. Below are some ideas that fueled the fence design.

This is the latest in a weekly post of residential architecture inspiration. If you want to see past weeks, you can go here. If you want to see them curated on my pinterest (sometimes before they even hit the blog), go here.

Starting strong out of the gate is this fence design beauty from SAOTA. While I’m not doing square tube posts, I love the precision of detail in the edge conditions. The stepping of the fence line will definitely occur at #L2HQ because of grade change and this is a great example of how to do it well.

A look at a vertical fence design solution, this black stained fence provides great, modern privacy to the backyard seating. The simplicity of finish is reiterated in the furniture and decor of the seating area. Who wouldn’t want to hang out there?

This fence design steps with the grade, but is interrupted by the vertical posts…and doesn’t continue the horizontal alignment. While this picture reinforced my desire for horizontal fencing, I can’t say there aren’t things I would do differently!

Forget the background for a second. I love this gradient fence design. It provides more privacy at the lower sections (where seating and standard eyesight occurs), while providing more visual continuity and openness in the upper section without sacrificing privacy.

While this runs a bit more contemporary overall, I love the simplicity of this fence design. The parts and pieces are performing exactly as they were made to. I don’t think I will be face-screwing my ipe, but if I did, the screw precision would look like this.

Last but not least, a little drool-worthy detailing for an ipe fence design that turns the corner. There’s so much that goes into this, and it’s not cheap to perform, but if I had an unlimited budget, this detail would definitely show up.