One day my wife handed me a gardening magazine that had just arrived in the mail. In it was a color photograph of a ...

Painting it a cheerful color disguises the wood so no one would ever know it came from a pallet, and the bright color provides a nice focal point in the garden. For a rustic, cottage-style fence ...

Staining your wood fence may seem easy ... you might have a rough or uneven texture that doesn't look as nice as you'd like. It's easy to get impatient and skip this part, but it pays off.