Walking down a nearby street, I saw a house with a bizarre white fence in front.
The fence consists of maybe 16 3 x 3 ft squares arranged in rows of about 8 and columns 2 high. The lower end of the lowest row is about 2 ft off the ground. Like a checkerboard, every other square has horizontal white slats in it with about 1 inch of clearance between them. The other squares are just a frame. This fence can’t be used to contain anything, so the only answer I can figure out is that it is somehow aesthetically pleasing… but I can’t imagine how.
Why would anyone build such a thing? Has anyone seen a similarly useless and ugly fence?
Sometimes, fences are erected to furninsh a bit of privacy, such as to block the teeming millions from viewing a swimming pool or patio where octagenarians are lounging buckneckid and an open view could cause traffic accidents.
No offense tbea925, but pools do indeed need a containment fence. It’s pretty much code throughout the country (U.S.).
This sounds to me to be more of a decoration than anything else. While I don’t see many in the Midwest, I have seen fences like this in the South. I think, or my WAG, is that it somehow breaks up the monotany of the landscape.
I agree. I have seen a few of these around the Ozarks, and their only possible use is to be decorative, or to mark off one’s property line. My husband and I have discussed these fences while on long car trips (we get bored!), and this is the best explanation we could come up with.
