It’s the first thing people see,” said Raili Clasen, founder of Raili CA Design in Newport Beach, Calif. Concerns such as ...

When people envision the typical version of the American dream — the dog and two smiling kids standing in front of the big house with the white picket fence — that picket fence is obviously made of ...

The white picket fence is so simple—a few slats affixed to horizontal rails, a gate or two—as to invite endless interpretation.

When Alisa Newman was shopping for a home earlier this year, she harbored no fantasies of a white picket fence surrounding a single-family home. Instead, she opted for a townhouse. “I decided on ...

As more residents opt to rent instead of own, the American Dream is evolving The house with the white picket fence is not for everyone, because of money or lifestyle.

From tinier homes and fewer kids to less vacation time and longer commutes, America's aspirations are getting smaller by the ...

- Terry Lindsley-Barton calls her home at 124 East Avenue in the village of Minoa "my dream house with the white picket fence." The eat-in kitchen is her favorite room.

The lights of the White House gleamed behind the iron fence and small police huts at each gate. Mrs. Eisenhower likes to keep the curtains up to give the place a cheerier look, but last night the ...

Everybody wanted a house with a picket fence.” But that could be any fence. How did a white wooden fence become synonymous with the American dream?

He adds: "For better or worse, the image of the suburban house, complete with a white picket fence and a backyard of one’s own, is permanently etched in our minds." ...

When a house and a fence grate stylistically—a stucco wall around a Georgian colonial, say, or a white picket fence in front of a modern glass house—“it kills the vibe,” said Clasen.