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Courtesy of “HOUSE BEAUTIFUL" 
If you are hqndy with tools you can add to the attractiveness of your garden. 
Here are several ornamental gates and arches which are easy to make. The 
diagrams give dimensions. Below you will find a complete list of materials 
for each. Stock lumber with the simplest of carpenter's tricks is used for all 
these designs. 
Fig. 1 is a simple Georgian gate with typical urns. It is set in a privet hedge. 
A gate is suggested in Fig. 2 for a path through a masonry wall. Each of the 
pickets has a small diamond cut into it. The scroll top is easily achieved 
with a jigsaw and sandpaper. The gate is hung from two stiles secured to the 
masonry by bolts. 
Fig. 3 is an arbor seat, more elaborate than the other designs, and therefore 
more expensive. The two seats are 3' 6 " long and the entire width of the struc¬ 
ture is about five feet. An arched lattice roof covers it, over which vines 
might be attractively trained. There are many locations for such a feature 
as this. 
Fig. 4 is another simple garden gateway arched over the top, used in a com¬ 
bination picket and masonry wall. An excellent design for a simple garden 
picture. Roses might be trained over the arch, or wisteria, or the vine which 
has been indicated. For 
MATERIALS FOR HOME-MADE GATES AND SEATS seC ur.>y posts mu$t be sunk 
x 3Vl " x three feet below ground. 
A simple, attractive arbor 
seat is shown in Fig. 5— 
lower right hand corner. 
While no construction di¬ 
rections or list of materials 
is given for this, it is easy to 
build. It is 3W wide by 
6 V 2 ' high by 2 ' deep. 
THE GEORGIAN GATE 
(Fig. 1) 
4 Posts 5 Vi" squore and 9' 
0' long 
2 Seat ends 18" wide x 4' 0" 
high x iy 4 " thick 
4 Rails iy 4 " x 3Vi" x 3' 7" 
long, tenoned one end 
8 Seat slats 1ft" x 2Vi" x 
4' 0" mortised - 
2 Gate rails 1ft" x 2Vi" x 
3' 7" tenoned 2 ends 
13 Pickets 1 Vi" * 1 Vi" ran¬ 
dom lengths 
1 Pair gate hinges 
IN THE MASONRY WALL 
(Fig. 2) 
2 Hanging stilesr 1ft" x 2Vi" 
x 2' 6" long 
2 Gate stiles 1ft" x 2ft" x 
2' 6" long, mortised 
1 Bottom rail 1ft' x 4ft" x 
3' 1" long, tenoned 
1 Top rail 13*" x 7ft" x 3' 
1" long, tenoned 
5 Pickets 1 ft" x 4ft" x 2' 
3" long 
4 Pickets 1 ? 4 " x 2ft" x 2' 
3" long 
1 Pair gate hinges 
THE ARBOR SEAT 
(Fig. 3) 
4 Posts 6" square x 9' 0" 
long 
2 Seot ends 18" wide x 4' 0" 
high x 1 ft" thick 
4 Roils 13^" x 3ft" x 3' 7" 
8 Seat slats 1ft" x 3ft' x 
long, tenoned one end 
3' 6" long 
16 Back slats 1ft' 
2' 6" long 
2 Cleats 1ft" x 2ft" x 1' 6" 
long 
2 Top plates 1ft" x 3ft" x 
4' 2" long 
2 Back rails 1ft" x 3ft" x 
5' 2" tenoned 2 ends 
7 Pickets ft" x 5ft" x 5' 6" 
long 
6 Pickets ft" x 5ft" x 5' 6" 
long 
6 Pickets J/ 4 " x 2ft" x 5' 6" 
2 Elliptical rotters 3ft" x 
4ft" x 5' 5" wide 
11 Lottice strips W x 2ft" x 
4' 4" long 
THE ARCHED GATE 
I Fig. 4) 
2 Posts 6" square x 9' 0" 
2 Square caps 7ft" x 7ft" x 
1ft" 
2 Elliptical rafters 1ft" x 4" 
x 4' 4" wide 
11 Lottice strips V 4 " x 2 ft" 
x 10" long 
2 Hanging stiles 13/fc" x 2ft" 
x 3' 6" long 
2 Gate stiles lJ/ 4 " x 2ft" x 
3' 6" long, mortised 
1 Bottom rail 1%" x 2ft" x 
3' 7" long, tenoned 2 ends 
1 Top rail 1ft" x 2ft" x 3' 
7" long, tenoned 2 ends 
1 Cross rail 1ft" x 2 ft" x 
4' 6" long 
9 Pickets ft*' x 2ft" x 
random lengths 
1 Pair gate hinges 
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