My hubby is a handyman and I love it. We are thankful to have a great backyard, however, it faces south and we have no trees (except for the ones that we planted but we are still taller and thicker than they are!). Thus, we have no shade to speak of in our backyard! Ever since we bought the house we have talked about building a pergola but we have put it off for one reason or another. But when temperatures started reaching the 90s in April, we decided that now would be a better time to build instead of realizing in June that we wished we had built one before the summer heat really kicked in! We're considering it our gifts for mother's day and father's day... and the reason we're eating rice, beans and pasta every day for the rest of the summer (think: seminary diet!)!
I know that pergola pictures aren't as cute as the kiddos, but it's been fun to work on together (really, Nat's been the one working so hard!!!) so I'm posting more than all of the steps (ha!)!
Our back patio area before anything has been done to it at all (ignore the clutter)!
Planning it all out
Another "before" shot
Getting the posts in
Our little helpers!
Two posts in and cemented!!
We dug until late at night... we're planning on extending our patio with stone pavers about a foot and a half on each side and then extending it all the way out to the fireplace (see before pictures) so we need to dig about 2 inches out. I have not been this sore since high school soccer tryouts - yikes!
Posts #3 and 4...
A new friend said hello at breakfast!
Starting the frame
Cutting some nice curved edges to make the ends a little more decorative.
Strong! ...husband AND frame :o)
What it looks like right now... hopefully we'll have more up after Nat's day off on Monday. Hooray for shade!!!
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