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How to build a lattice privacy screen on a budget {tutorial}

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Today I am sharing how to build a lattice privacy screen on a budget. Do you have air conditioner units, trash bins or maybe a neighbor that you can’t stand the site of? Thankfully, we like our neighbors (knock on wood) but we have two large air conditioner units that are at the end of my mom’s patio so we decided to make a simple and inexpensive lattice privacy screen.

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Last week I posted our patio makeover and showed you how to repair an old cracked cement patio.  As I mentioned last week, this happens to be my mom’s outdoor space so we are trying to “beautify” it for her . I cannot believe the amount of emails I received asking for a tutorial on how we built the privacy screen. I had already planned posting a tutorial but your sweet emails made me that much more motivated to get it done quickly! I love tutorials that I find online but especially love the visual tutorials, so I decided to create this post using mostly pictures.

DIY lattice privacy screen

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  2. Jessica-you just made my day! This is a great project and please thank your Dad for giving away his "secrets" and thank you for giving such a thorough breakdown! We have {ahem} neighbors I could do without seeing and are putting in a pool next week so this project is totally on my to-do list now! Thanks again!Melissa
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  3. Wow! First of all, let me just gripe about builders and why they think it's okay to just plop those horrific (but necessary things) right in the middle of everything!Second of all - that turned out AWESOME! What a beautiful space you made for your Mom! I've seen people butcher "lattice privacy screens" before but you guys did great. Your Dad cracks me up!On my way over to Sand and Sisal now!Thanks for the tutorial!
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  4. This looks great! We built a lattice covering for under our house last year and we were not smart enough to buy the pre-painted version. I'm glad you did because that stuff is NO FUN to paint.
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  7. Such an attractive patio solution! Your tutorial inspires me to camouflage a heat pump that is located right off the deck. Would you be able to tell how the planters are secured on top? What an attractive and functional idea you and Dad created. Thank you!
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    • Hi Sonia, you can screw the containers from the inside (of the container) right to the top of your wooden lattice piece. Just use stainless steel screws so they don't rust. You may want to use those containers that have the water catch at the bottom b/c they usually come off of the bottom of the planter so you could screw the water catch to the top and then place your planter inside. Hope that made sense :)
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  8. Please tell your father I say " Thank you!" for sharing his secrets. I put together the first of two 8'x6' screens on Friday and mounted it in place today. It looks great and my neighbor even came out to say so. I'm using them to screen off a small area of the yard where we keep our composters.
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  9. Do you mind me asking about the slats for the lattice? What did you use for them? It doesn't look like regular 1 x 4's from here.thanks in advance.
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  10. Tell your Dad this was a great find and we really appreciate him sharing! Some daughters don't have Dad's nearby for yard makeovers! So we'll "borrow" yours through the magic of the internet.
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  11. thanks for posting this..and say thanks to DADS too.... he is helping me get my hubby motivated !
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  12. Is this just free standing? What keeps it from falling over? Im in Florida and we get some winds that would throw that across the yard! LOL! Just wondering what he attached it to
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    • No, it's screwed to one of the existing support posts for the roof. You can see it in the pictures if you look close :) You would definitely need to screw the privacy screen to something to keep it from falling over. It's big!
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