Pergola

So our house faces north, which means our backyard gets the sun ALL day long, and we really can't be outside in the yard comfortably until 8pm, which is also Liam's bedtime, and he just LOVES to be outside, and asks to go 'outside' or 'side' all the time. Last year we put in some trees, but it will be a long while until they are big enough to provide any shade. So, we bit the bullet and decided to put a pergola in so that we could enjoy our yard more. We had considered the idea of finding a plan, and doing it ourselves. Then we actually found a decent kit online that had free shipping....but then shortly after that Mike was driving down the road near our house, and saw this beautiful pergola, so he stopped to take a look. An employee saw him as she was returning from break, and she set up an appointment to get a bid. The guy that came out convinced us that we should cover the entire patio, and he did have a good point that we wouldn't want to be bumping into posts as we moved about...anyway, we decided to go with the bigger plan...and even though we don't even want to think about how much it was, we are really happy with the finished product!

Patio before the pergola...

Gettting started






Finished Pergola






With Furniture...