After the gate was built, the next steps are to hang it, install hardware and then stain/seal it. Here is the finished gate after all of these steps. We are very excited with how it turned out! Please check out the previous post to see how the gate was made.
Continue reading “Finished DIY Redwood Craftsman Fence Gate”
After our fence and driveway project (which was completed 4 years ago), we had planned to build a nice gate. In that previous post, the following line appears:
Chris has plans to build a nice gate, but that project probably won’t get done for a little while.
So here we are “a little while” later and after some gentle nudging from Shirley, I (Chris) am finally going to make the gate. I had been planning for the gate for quite awhile, including figuring out the design and buying tools, so when it came time to actually build the gate, it didn’t take too much time at all. Overall, it took about 1 week or so (maybe ~20 hours of actual work) to build the gate.
Here are the finished two gates that will span the narrow driveway, sitting on our back deck.
Continue reading “DIY Designing and Building A Redwood Craftsman Gate (for under $200)”
After our fence and driveway project (which was completed 4 years ago), we had planned to build a nice fence gate. In that previous post, the following line appears:
Chris has plans to build a nice gate, but that project probably won’t get done for a little while.
So here we are “a little while” later and after some gentle nudging from Shirley, I (Chris) am finally going to make the gate. I had been planning for the gate for quite awhile, including figuring out the design and buying tools, so when it came time to actually build the gate, it didn’t take too much time at all. Overall, it took about 1 week or so (maybe ~20 hours of actual work) to build the gate.
Here are the finished two gates that will span the narrow driveway, sitting on our back deck.
Continue reading “Designing and Building A Redwood Craftsman Fence Gate (for under $200)”