At first I wasn’t thrilled with the offer of a truckload of old fence rails – they have nails to watch for and are tricky to chain saw when the pieces get small – but it was a nice gesture so I accepted it gladly.
I’m maybe half done sawing up the pile, it does make fine firewood!
Then my crafty self started talking to me – old fence rails, gray and mossy! What fun!
I’ve wanted a gate at each end of my pergola for a while – no reason, just for fun, something to maybe decorate, the same reason I put up the pergola 🙂 So I checked out Pinterest and watched around town and started in on my idea. I cut my pieces to hopefully fit the opening, at hopefully the right height.
It came out perfectly, if I do say so myself. I’ve got the pieces for a second one all cut up and ready to go.
There was also a long, old gate. I just couldn’t work it into my yard anywhere and didn’t need a headboard 🙂 Ah! My friend in Missoula wanted it, so, along with some of the rails, she made a matching gate for a pair across her driveway! Now someone’s old fence has new life in new places! Love that!
Written in the Woods 
You are good!! I like that look!!
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Simple but just the look I was going for!
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Wow, very cool. I am drooling over that much firewood when I am paying from $5-10 for a bundle that I can hold under one arm. I haven’t had any fires lately because it’s been warm and I’m saving the wood for cold weather.
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I pay in other ways – hours of collecting, chain sawing, and usually splitting. I also don’t have to pay to go to the gym 🙂
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You are the clever one, Cindy. Just amazing to create such beauty from throw aways. Your friend must love her driveway gates as well.
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Wow! How cool!
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I’m not sure which is more impressive …. the clever gate or all that CHOPPING?!?
Did everyone see the cute bear & trees in the cement? Love that.
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That’s what bear and tree cookie cutters are made for, right?? 🙂
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Wonderful wood pile and beautiful gate! So much work! Took me awhile to find the bear and trees. Worth the search. They’re great!😊
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