picket fence
Slatted property border
A picket fence is a fence made of evenly spaced vertical boards (pickets) attached to horizontal rails, typically painted white.
The image is so associated with traditional American domesticity that white picket fence has become shorthand for conventional suburban aspirations: They wanted the house with a white picket fence and 2.5 kids.
Ground before a house
- lawnTended yard grass
- gardenCultivated plant area
- landscapingModifying outdoor areas aesthetically
- gateHinged barrier in fence
walkway · flower bed · rose bushes · mailbox · property · sidewalk · porch · hedges
Confined, bordered space
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- dividerThing that partitions
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- borderOuter edge or limit
boundary · demarcation · rail · gate · slats · posts · rails · lattice
US ethos of opportunity
- homeownershipLegally possessing residential property
- domesticityLife centered around home
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
idyllic · storybook · middle-class · wholesome · traditional values · nuclear family · aspirational · prosperity
front yard
Ground before a house
- lawnTended yard grass
- gardenCultivated plant area
- landscapingModifying outdoor areas aesthetically
gate · walkway · flower bed · rose bushes · mailbox · property · sidewalk · porch · hedges · shrubs
enclosure
Confined, bordered space
border · boundary · demarcation · rail · gate · slats · posts · rails · lattice · property line
American Dream
US ethos of opportunity
- homeownershipLegally possessing residential property
- domesticityLife centered around home
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
Americana · idyllic · storybook · middle-class · wholesome · traditional values · nuclear family · aspirational · prosperity · stability
wooden
Made from timber
- spacedWith gaps between
- decorativeServing to beautify
- charmingPleasantly attractive in manner
quaint · classic · colonial · Victorian · cottage · Cape Cod · craftsmanship · trim · scalloped · dog-ear
posts
Published online content
cedar · pine · pressure-treated · nails · screws · spacing · installation · staining · painting · weatherproofing
- cottage gardenroses, lavender, foxglove, hollyhock, delphinium
- home conceptschimney, front porch, hearth, cottage, farmhouse
- New EnglandMaine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut
- Small-Town Lifegeneral store, town square, front porch, church steeple, water tower
- fence typessplit rail, post and rail
- garden bordershedge, edging
picket fenceprivacy wall
Barrier concealing an area
brick wall · concrete wall · stone wall · privacy fence · stockade fence
picket fencerazor wire
Bladed security fencing
barbed wire · chain-link fence · prison wall · tenement · ghetto
pick, fence, defense, fenced, picket, fencing, fender, defence, defences