Evening, option B, Slatted centre. The planted planter on a patio at dusk under warm festoon lights, a lit window and brick wall behind, the larch rim glowing above the charcoal boards and the slatted middle panel.

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Paint before cladding

Two coats of Black Ash on every face of every board before it goes on.

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Paint before cladding

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The notes

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Give every shiplap board two coats of Black Ash on all faces, including the tongue and the ends, before you fix it. That way no bare stripes show if the boards shrink. Paint the bottoms of the posts and the bottom rails black too, because they show in the shadow gap.