Disguise Electric Boxes
Our electric boxes are near our sidewalk in the the corner of our front yard. I had seen various ideas online of how to disguise or hide outdoor eyesores like air conditioners. I decided to try this outdoor before and afters project by using materials that I already had on hand. Let me know if you try this idea for how to disguise electric boxes!
How to Disguise Electric Boxes with Fence Pickets
Here are our electric boxes looking out to the street:
And here they are looking towards the yard.
Here are the boxes when I first put down white marble rock chips, and planted flowers. The flowers grew, as you can see in the pictures above. But they didn’t grow tall enough to hide the electric boxes.
I decided to paint some of my leftover pickets from our old fence. I attached them to some plastic edging that I already had. I used a staple gun to staple the edging together in a circle. Then I attached the pickets using, well– outdoor caulk. At least I think that’s what I used. Liquid Nails would probably have been a better choice, but I don’t think I had any of that….
I invented the circle thing because I figured if the cable or electric people needed to get to the boxes, they could just lift the whole contraption up and over the top. (Later on, they did come without notifying us and completely removed the middle box when I wasn’t home– they didn’t know how easy it would have been to remove my disguise– so they tore some pickets off instead. Grrr.)
But before that happened, I enjoyed my pretty fence with flowers and a sign or two.
Electrical Boxes No Longer an Eyesore
This fantastic post is a GARDEN feature on the November You’re the STAR blog hop: https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2018/10/youre-star-week1-garden-november-2018.html
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Angie
Wow, this is an amazing transformation. Curb appeal is so much better.
Thank you, Kippi!
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing with us at the To Grandma’s house we go link party!
Thank you, Tarah!
Hey Liberty! Your adorable picket fence idea is my pick for Wall to Wall DIY Wednesday and will be featured tomorrow! Thank you for sharing and linking this awesome idea!
Wow! Thank you so much!
Your picket fence disguise is one of my features this week at OVER THE MOON LINK PARTY, which goes live tonight, Sunday, at 5pm Central. Please stop by to see your feature and link up again.
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Thank you so much! Yes, I will do that as soon as I am able.
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Thank you, Marilyn! Wow! I’ll stop by as soon as I can. I’m glad you like my idea!
I love what you have done here, Liberty! You’ve really turned an eyesore into something very beautiful and meaningful! Thank you for sharing, and for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Hope you are having a great week!
Thank you, April! I’m glad that you like it!
well that is certainly an improvement. well done!
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