I've seen it done with transition painting. HTH Here is a link that might be useful: Ben Moore

Is it a flaw or a feature? Make lemonade from the lemon... If you were able to put an attractive decorative boundary on the blue rectangle in a darker wood, the wood inside wouldn't abut anything else and could be CLOSE or CONTRASTING in look to the nearby wood. If you ran TWO contrasting colors outside the rectangle, that would be swell. And if you had some kind of fab inlay, you'd be thrilled every time you walk through! Your space is small enough that you might contact a vendor about remainder materials. Never know what is out there. Here's a specialty company whose stuff is in a local showroom by me. I have really liked their restraint and good design on many items. [Remember to wipe up after you drool on the wood floor.] Oshkosh Designs of Wisconsin. Click on the categories at left for more choices. Can't afford inlay? Another option is to stencil the floor with paint. You can duplicate many inlays this way, an old historic option for those of the middling classes. Here is a link that might be useful: Czar Floors, if you want to go all out...

Do you want more shade? Do you want to screen some of the house roofs beyond the fence? If answer to either is yes, a couple of crape myrtles would help and provide color in summer. If answer is no, consider Thai crown of thorns. It blooms its butt off. Purple fountain grass could be nice and low maintenance, too. Mexican petunia is another long bloomer in the summer. It could get tall. Many people prune it to lower heights, 4' or so.

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