Our pool fence just got a major glow up. It’s just a plain six-foot privacy fence. Natural wood, five years old. We had someone come stain it this weekend. Not just that, but we added post caps and all new hardware too. It looks so good! The old hardware was confusing and ugly. And the post caps give it a nice finished detail that makes it look all expensive and fancy.
I am pumped. Specifically, pumped for the pool to open up! I’m so excited that I ordered a new pool float for the occassion. The pool is usually pretty cool in May, so I ordered a lounge float that you don’t get wet on (clicky). With this, I can float in the pool without freezing. We have the mesh eggplant (clicky) for mid-summer pool temps.
I’m not sure when it will be open, but I contacted my pool guy and he knows I want it open by Memorial Day. He’s super busy, so I have to work with when he is available. I sure as fuck can’t get that heavy ass pool cover off by myself! It’s expensive and extremely heavy. Plus pool guy cleans the pool and balances the chemicals for me to get it going. Then I take over from there until time to close and put the cover back on.
The only thing is, I’m insanely excited because I’m a pool girl all the way. (Obviously, or I wouldn’t have installed one). But this year I’m afraid to be excited. You see, the pools pretty boring by yourself. I can spend all day out there with a friend having a ball. But when it’s just you, it gets boring fast. Well, mom knew this so she’d come up as much as possible in the summer to spend pool days with me. Don’t worry, it wasn’t just for me. Mom was a water spirit herself. I’d wake up to find her out by the pool listening to the bubblers. She’d happily stay out there by herself. Mom loved to be outside.
So I guess I’m just afraid that without mom… the pool will just be really… sad. Empty. Lonely. So I didn’t want to let myself get excited but I can’t help it. I’m excited now. I just hope it doesn’t lead to heart break. Not NEW heartbreak, but just a reminder of that huge hole mom left behind.
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K (tranquilturtles) says:
The fence looks really great! You are making me re-think the fence I was going to install. Maybe I’ll install it in natural and get it painted in the spring. Post caps and nice hardware are a must!!
The new float looks awesome, but I loooovvveeee the eggplant!
cursingcats.com says:
Well, this certainly shows you can go simple at first and add upgrades later. The post caps were $7.88 each for the 4x4s and like $13 each for the two 6×6 (that the gates hing on). So with the new nicer hardware (2 push/pull gate latches plus 4 nice iron handles) the additions were about $300 before painting. He only needed to replace 10 boards that had warped and this is after 5 summers.
Man those post caps make a HUGE difference. I think people usually just buy fence posts with a turned top. However, we spent as little on the fence as possible when we built it. It looks brand spanking new and this is it’s 6th summer.
So if you can’t afford to go all in on the fence, you can always jazz it up later. Wait till you see these new gate latches. They’re AWESOME. Even the fence guy was like “im gonna replace mine with these!” no lie. I just picked them up at Home Depot. Took them a good while to figure out how to install them as they had never seen them before.
Now I just need that dragon bell!