We have to sink a telephone pole in front of our house to do this. Does anyone have any ideas on how to make the pole visually pleasing? My husband is not on board with the project because the pole will be an eyesore, and front and center. It's near the corner and right where you look back toward the yard and woods. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Here's the first things I think of:
Vining plants (either ones that grow for a single summer and make flowers, or perennials like grapes or ivy).
Attach brackets and have hanging baskets of flowering plants in the summer, then change to seasonal decorations for winter. Or skip the flowers in summer, and just change to different decorations for different seasons.
Put some kind of sculpture or flag on the pole, so it looks like the pole is for that purpose. Or a big sign with your name, so everyone knows who lives at this house.
Attach a light to the top of the pole, to light your driveway and yard (like a streetlight, but on your own property.)
Attach trellises to the pole and train lots of plants up them.
Add a second telephone pole, and put a decorative arch between them.
Plant one or more trees near the pole. As they grow bigger and have branches sticking out, the pole can pretend to just be another tree trunk.
Make the pole itself into a big carved & painted decoration, like a totem pole.
I'm trying to think of all the other reasons people put up poles... If you look around in your area, you'll probably find some more ideas that I've missed.
