Are painted/stained fences anything other than brown a bit naff?

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We're having a new fence put up at the bottom of the garden. I'm thinking of painting it green so it kind of blends in with the foliage down there. I have this nagging doubt that painted fences are a bit naff though 😬

It can look lovely. My neighbour painted hers a light muted green and it looks great!

I think green stain (not paint) can look really nice. I'm also coming round to black after having seen it on several make-over programmes recently - but I think that has to be the 'right' sort of garden to work.

Black. Everything in gardens should be black apart from sheds which should be bluey green or black. Fact. :)

Anything but shit brown. I've been trying to crack this particular nut for years.

Dark brown front and Brown or dark green back.

Black!!!!!! 😲

My fences are white. Reflects loads of light into my dark house.

Hate fence panels, so bloody ugly. sorry not helping

Yes - black. Classy and shows off your actual garden.

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I can see that black panels are amazing if you have a slick garden that's been landscaped. I think in my situation though I probably want something a bit more subtle.

Just painted my shed ' country cream'

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I think it would look good on my fence too ~ quite light!

My neighbours sprayed their fences cream when I was on holiday, apparently they were very careful. Not careful enough though, my garden furniture, paving, flower tubs and some bits of fence are a lovely splattered cream too. It's a mess.

No spray painting here. It will be old fashioned stain I think applied with a brush.

In the middle of painting ours 'willow' looks fab

No not naff in the slightest! I think brown is a bit naff if anything

p.s. I was shocked and appalled at the idea of a black fence just then alternative, but looking at pics - love it!

Dark green is lively OP

Oops lovely not lively

If you do go brown avoid the stuff that goes red after it dries / fades - I dislike the red colour. I like a nice dark brown (russet) as it looks like tree bark in my head! With green over the top of the fence and the green grass I like the contrast.

I used a nearly black shade by accident and that gives a contrast to the green too. Was too dark for my taste though.

I have a green shed which wouldn't be great with plants as they would be lost against the green (no contrast). But good if you want to pretend there is no shed!

A friend painted their fence white to lighten up a north facing garden. Great in winter - but blinding in summer.

@chanel19 I painted our fence panels Country Cream! 😂 I love it OP, we have a small garden which had poo brown fence and was completely slate when we moved in- cream fencing and grass have made such a difference to how light our garden and downstairs are.

mummabubs thanks for that. I'll paint the fence next ( l think)

Mines muted green and is lovely x

We've painted our front fence grey - with the lavender in front of it, it looks lovely. (And we can give directions to people - "we're the house with the grey fence and lavender". Just hoping the neighbours don't paint their fence the same colour.....!)

Ours is a sage green, I really prefer it to the reddy brown it was previously.

Mine are a light sagey green.

It's a small garden and three sides out if four having a dark brown fence made it seem a bit gloomy and coffin-like.

Lilac was also an option. Cream would be nice.

I used regular emulsion. Was a bit bright at first but they've kind of weathered and it's toned it down.