I have been admiring the deck skirting on Sarah Richardson's cottage. This is exactly what I want to do. The image is so small though I am having a hard time "getting it". Has anybody seen photos of a similar deck skirting that I can use as a reference as I design our own. I do not want to use lattice, I prefer the look of a horizontal slat design.
Thanks for any help.
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Good idea! I actually could do that for the ski/snowboard part of the design. I still need to design one door that slides open for the snowblower to have easy access.
I am going to start with the fixed parts of the design and see what I can find for ideas when I get to that part of the process.
I am really enjoying this. I cannot believe how easy it all is right now. My neighbour's son was watching me from afar today. I had the circular saw out, the drill set and I was working hard. :D
I spent the afternoon studying my deck and I have come up with a design that I believe is similar to her cottage design. I think it is based on old english cottage design but it seems that it will work. I am going to create panels and basically use wood that is commonly used as soffets to create a horizontal fence panel. OMG, is that hard to imagine? Oh well, I will take pictures because I actually think it is going to work out.
My only problem now is that in the one area where I want to have easy access for storage purposes I would like to build the panels so that they can slide on a track. With all the snow we get here I cannot possibly have them open up as a regular door/gate would. I have also decided to use some large PVC pipe that I am going to undermount for ski and snowboard storage. I think I am on a roll....now to figure out the sliding part of my project.
I don't know what Sarah used but you might want to check around for specialty lumber stores for some more unique panels. Here we have some that specialize in things like cedar and who make their own panels of various types. That way you can get some different options that are good for the outdoors.
Also Lee Valley used to have a book (I assume they still carry it) that was full of designs for things beyond the normal lattice. It had all manner of gates, fences, panels etc. in it.