![]() ![]() So instead, I used a few small 2×2 scraps as cleats I put the 2×2 up against the frame of the trellis and attached it securely to the trellis with screws. Because the entire finished trellis is only about 2″ wide, there wasn’t really a good way to screw the trellis directly onto the house. ![]() Then my mom and I stood the lattice up, and she held it in place while I attached it to the house and fence. On the fence side of the top frame, I stuck a small scrap of wood in between the boards and nailed them together to make sure the boards weren’t just wiggling around on the fence side. I cut two boards to that length and attached them to the lattice. Once the frame was attached on the bottom and sides, I stood the lattice up and measured the length for the top frame piece. I used my AirStrike nailer, and it made super quick work of the framing I really love that thing! Line the boards up with each other and with the edge of the lattice, then use a nail gun to nail through all three pieces everywhere you can. To attach the frame to the lattice, lay one board under the lattice and one on top, sandwiching the lattice in between the two boards. I measured and cut the boards for the sides and bottom frame first, because I knew I wanted the top frame to run all the way across to the fence, and I wanted to measure again once the lattice was framed up, just to double check. Be sure that you cut two boards for each edge so you can frame the front and back of the lattice at the same time. ![]() Once the lattice was cut down to size, I measured the edges and cut 1×4 cedar boards down to size to create a frame for the lattice. NOTE: Be extremely careful cutting lattice!!!! There are metal staples at every single intersection of the crossed boards make sure your saw doesn’t run into any staples! I measured the fence and cut the lattice down to the same height using my circular saw. But I wanted to attach the trellis to both the house and the fence on the other side to give it more stability, and the lattice is taller than the fence. The pathway between the side of the house and the fence is 8’ wide, so I figured I would use the full 4’ width of the lattice. The first thing I did was figure out what shape and size I needed my finished trellis screen to be. But it didn’t really occur to me how ugly the storage part of it would be. We had the gravel and that path put in last fall, and we purposely placed the path closer to the fence so that we could use the gravel area for storage. Here’s what the side of our house looked like before.
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