On most picket fences, the posts are spaced between six and eight feet apart. I like eight-foot spacing for the most efficient use of lumber. Four-foot-high posts are most common unless your codes ...

Of all the things you might do to dress up your landscape, few have as much impact as adding a fence. And if it's a picket fence ... fence from nominal 1-in. (3/4 in. thick) clear cedar stock ...