I f you've decided that a cedar wood fence is right for you, you're likely invested in keeping it looking good as long as possible.Lucky for you, that's easy to do with some basic maintenance. You ...

With its additional qualities like a pleasant scent and sound-blocking ability, cedar wood is a great, long-lasting choice for your fence pickets, especially if you take the time to maintain it ...

We built our fence from nominal 1-in. (3/4 in. thick) clear cedar stock, and used 2 x 8 cedar for the post caps. If you choose a less rot-resist-ant wood, be sure to treat it with a preservative ...

Marvin Fletcher, owner of Century Fence Co. of Little Rock, offers these tips for building and finishing picket fences. His favorite dimensions for a classic picket fence are 1-by-4-inch pickets ...

Q. My son just had a 6-foot cedar stockade fence put in a few weeks ago. I’m wondering whether he should apply a wood preservative to seal the cedar pickets now before the winter starts. Also ...

The fence I planned was simple: cedar picket, fifty feet, with a swinging gate in the middle. A classic look that suits the house, which was built in 1854. This is what I did.