I am going into contract on a lovely brownstone, but one of the main drawbacks is that the rear garden (approx 20×40)opens on to a small parking lot (60×100, 3 house lots) on the next block. So there is a line of sight to the next street over, and it takes away from any sense of privacy in the backyard. The lots are separated by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. I’m not worried about security so much as privacy and aesthetics.
\nI was thinking an 8-foot wooden stockade fence would do a good job of shutting out the outside world. Has anyone tried a fence that high in a brownstone yard? Will it feel too boxy and claustrophobic? My idea was to plant ivy on it and get a wall of green eventually. Any advice or suggestions would be welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am going into contract on a lovely brownstone, but one of the main drawbacks is that the rear garden (approx 20×40)opens on to a small parking lot (60×100, 3 house lots) on the next block. So there is a line of sight to the next street over, and it takes away from any sense…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2509,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-15136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/08\/exposed-back-ga\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"exposed back garden advice","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/08\/exposed-back-ga\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/08\/exposed-back-ga\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Garden","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Frederick Law Homestead"}],"creator":["Frederick Law Homestead"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2007-08-28T16:19:47Z","datePublished":"2007-08-28T16:19:47Z","dateModified":"2008-07-28T16:27:40Z"},"rendered":"