Dear James: I think a picket fence would look good across my front and side yard. I have some saws and tools. Is this a project that the average DIYer can handle? — Jesse T. Dear Jesse: If you have ...

Every four or five years, Donald J. Schreiner, brush in hand, does his best Tom Sawyer impression. That's how often he needs to paint the picket fence at his Buffalo home. "It takes forever. I start ...

UPPER DARBY – A Drexel Hill woman who achieved her American dream of owning a red brick house with a white picket fence was shattered when zoners denied the variance for the 3-foot wonder in her front ...

Standing on her front steps, Tricia Dolkas looks down on two white picket fences. The one around her yard is standard. It's the one in the street that has caused the fuss. Put up last summer by the ...