Dear James: I think a picket fence would look good across my front and side yard. I have some saws and tools. Is this a project that the average DIYer can handle? — Jesse T. Dear Jesse: If you have ...

The Berlin Wall fell in November 1989. One of the world's infamous fences, it prevented free travel between East Berlin and West Berlin. And with an average height of about 12 feet, it provided the ...

Which picket fence is best? The right picket fence can add a personal touch to your front or backyard while deterring unwanted animals such as dogs or even deer from entering. It can also keep pets ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's something so undeniably charming about a white picket fence ...

Every four or five years, Donald J. Schreiner, brush in hand, does his best Tom Sawyer impression. That's how often he needs to paint the picket fence at his Buffalo home. "It takes forever. I start ...

Beginning in the late 1940s, the white picket fence became synonymous with the American Dream. Lambert / Hulton Archive / Getty Images In little Taylor, Mississippi, outside Oxford, a developer named ...