The finished pergola

We just put the finishing touches on this pergola in Dundas.  Our clients are telling us they are already enjoying their new shady nook.

So here are the specs: it's a Custom Cedar Pergola with true 6x8 Beams and 6x6 posts, using custom-made steel plates for fastening, from our local Hamilton steel fabricators.
  

The other key design features include moving wooden blinds, custom lattice, a metal railing and see-through weather-tight roofing, making this Pergola both functional and unique.

What a great way to start the summer, eh?  Happy Canada Day long weekend!

Ooh-la-PERGO-la!

Pergolas are all the rage.  It's easy to understand why — who wouldn't want to create a whole new area of outdoor living space, with the addition of what is effectively a piece of wooden sculpture?

Currently we are building this pergola for a new client in Dundas, Ontario who was looking to create a shady oasis in their backyard. It's custom-designed cedar and is shaping up beautifully.

The design website Apartment Therapy featured similar "Shady Style" in a recent post... check it out for some gorgeous landscape photography.