This project was started a couple of years ago. We put down the 13' wide x 17' long patio, Bill planted the four corner posts, and built a fire pit. Then, life just sort of got in the way. Finally, construction has begun again! We just may have ourselves a pergola in a few short weeks if all goes according to plan. Here's a picture of the patio stones, four corner posts and fire pit that were installed a couple years ago.
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| The beginning of the Pergola! 6/2012 |
We haven't landscaped the back of the house because we were planning to put in a deck that would go all the way across. I think that plan may be reduced to a smaller, less aggressive plan including just one half of the back of the house. Some landscaping against the house behind the pergola, maybe lilacs and hydrangeas, would be nice. I'm wanting to put wisteria on the four corner posts of the pergola. I think it should be pretty. Hopefully it will all grow for me. Being a Florida girl, my green thumb turned a little brown when we moved here. I'm still learning tho', and that's always a good thing.