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To paint my new fence purple?

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Ladysaurus · 18/05/2023 10:43

I currently have two lovely fellas putting up a fence on top of my short garden walls out back. I'm excited for the privacy. It will need painting to protect it and extend its life. Given that being in a terrace means one face of the fence faces into a neighbours garden, would it be overly offensive to paint it either a pale lilac (I like rustoleum's lilac) or a deep purple (I like cuprinol's summer damson).

Unfortunately, there's not great neighbour relations so I'm not concerned about souring anything. But I also don't want to be completely 'that person'. I won't paint it brown or grey. I might consider a pale sage green if purple shades are considered really too offensive...

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EnthENd · 19/05/2023 00:40

I'd raise an eyebrow, and I'll probably be glad when the initially-vibrant colours start to fade with age, but I wouldn't start a fight over it. If I cared that much about the colour I could have put my own fence up. And the wall offsets it so it's not as in-your-face as a full 6 foot of "summer damson" would be.

DiscoBeat · 19/05/2023 01:07

I'd ask them what colour they'd like, otherwise they might paint it themselves and the colour could leak through.

DiscoBeat · 19/05/2023 01:08

Or get a pressure treated fence that doesn't need painting.

Losttheplotsometimeago · 21/05/2023 08:33

Summer damson isn't vibrant though... it's a lovely tasteful almost brown purple, or almost purple brown

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