Home Fence Choices

From barbed-wire to wood, fences can be decorative or protective, keep animals in or out, and be high or low maintenance. There is a fence for every need and application. Here are some sites to help you choose the best fence for your home.

Compare Fences [Beeson Fence]
Natural Fencing Options [Homesite.com.au]
The Best Fence For Your Home [CBS]
Fencing Options for Your Home and Property [Ezine]

note: Hewn and Hammered has responded to this post with some great resources for Arts & Crafts style fences, garden gates, and arbors.

Tags: barbed wire, fence, wood fence

None of these have info on block walls. I would be nice to see a comparison like the first link has with block included.

Posted by: Greg Smith | August 21, 2006 12:16 PM

Have you seen this UK designer Mattias Megyeri's stuff? He makes fences fun!
http://www.deardad.net/sds-html/1_10_wind.html

He's also got this cool lace Beware of Dog sign I love--scroll to bottom of this page:

http://www.dominomag.com/dailydot/general/060601da

Posted by: Cathy | August 21, 2006 7:41 PM

Thanks for the comments!
Greg - Block walls aren't typically categorized with "fences" as they are a much more solid structure but they do serve a similar purpose. Here's a great article about why they are so prevalent in Phoenix and it may give you more of an idea of why they might work for you.
http://phoenix.about.com/od/phoenixfactsandfiction/a/block.htm

Cathy - Thanks for the Sweet Dreams link. They definitely take a forboding black fence and flip it on its head.
http://www.deardad.net/sds-html/1_2_rail.html

Posted by: ChuckandHud | August 22, 2006 2:34 AM

Thanks for the link. I'm in the Albuquerque area and most of the fences are wood. They are done as inexpensively as possible and don't last more than 10 years. I'm in the situation now where I need to replace wood fencing on a 1/2 acre and I'm having a hard time figuring out the most private and cheapest option.

Posted by: Greg Smith | August 22, 2006 10:33 PM

Very cool. I like the links. http://www.productionfenceworks.com is a great place to see tones of high quality fence images.

Posted by: Atlanta Fence Contractor | September 26, 2008 10:47 AM