Q–I would like to have a decorative wood picket fence on my property. What are the biggest obstacles one must overcome when building a fence? What kind of lumber should I use? How do you install a ...

Wooden-paneled ceilings can be a beautiful way to make your room seem larger and your ceilings higher by adding extra interest up top that draws the eye. In a world of bare and cookie-cutter ceilings, ...

Adding a fence to your property has so many advantages. There's the visual appeal based on the numerous style options available — from white vinyl and ornamental ...

Of all the things you might do to dress up your landscape, few have as much impact as adding a fence. And if it's a picket fence, your yard suddenly takes on a charm and character that's right up ...

Strictly speaking, a picket fence is supposed to have a pointed stake or slat. Those are the vertical pieces that make up the fence. The thing is, though, a lot has changed since the picket fence ...

Reporting from Melbourne, Australia — Wooden pickets of white, cream, beige, brown, gray and black stand guard over a sun-baked streetscape of bland fences and facades in suburban Port Melbourne. Then ...

Free-range chickens have always been the raptors of the farm. They are perpetually on the hunt. They scratch along, pecking at bugs and plants, consuming vital protein from earwigs, caterpillars, ...