Craftsman Gate Almost Done

A lot of progress has been made on the gate. I tried out a few stain samples on different pieces of the leftover wood to see  how they looked. The piece on the left was whitish in color, the center yellow and the right was reddish. The top fourth is just clear coated, then natural, golden pecan, and cherry at the bottom.

I decided to go for a subtle two-tone look with the golden pecan on the main part of the gate and the natural on the trim. Here is the unstained gate (except for the arbor).

With the golden pecan.

With the decorative pickets.

With the trim stained natural and the right-most section and the arbor clear coated.

Here is the back side--almost as pretty. The wood is rough on the back, so it sucked up more of the stain.

Of course, the old, crappy, chain-link gate still needs to come out. Digging out the concrete is not going to be fun. A friend suggested I try a car jack. Anyone ever try that? Any luck?

A few more details--finish clear coating, handles, pin in the ground, etc. and it will be done. Yeah!