Bland to Beautiful

A couple of years ago we renovated our garden and pulled out all of the overgrown shrubs along the back fence that we had inherited. We were left with a very wide, bare fence to look at that I did not find in any way attractive, other than the fact that it afforded us privacy from our very rambunctious neighbours. So I had an idea! I decided to have a go at painting some greenery on the pailings, since nothing was going to grow with enough speed to please me and delight my vision and cover the bare wood. Armed with brushes and tubes of acrylic paint from my daughter's craft box, I waded into the bed and endeavored to paint foliage that somewhat resembled the plants growing over the fence. I happily splashed about for a couple of hours.
I must say, I am no artist, but my enthusiasm for the task, I believe, enabled me to make quite an improvement. As I said, some time has passed since then and we have a number of shrubs grow and transform the garden, yet the 'pretend' garden remains, and when we prune the bushes and the paintings come into view, I smile.
I have lost the original photos that I took, but you can see enough, if you look closely to get the idea!

There's more! I chalked the outline of the early morning shadows made by palm trunks and fronds on the side fence and painted them with some wood stain that I found in the garage. I was even happier with that effect.

In addition, over time, we have enjoyed the effect of hanging mirrors on our fences to give an intriguing effect of 'windows' . A collection of different mirrors have transformed the boring, bland, totally uninteresting side fence, into a beautiful feature. Have a look and see what you think.

You will never underestimate the potential of a tube of paint or a second hand mirror again.
GO FOR IT!