A HALF-PERGOLA WITH A TRIANGLE TOP

The urge to build another pergola this weekend came spontaneously in response to something Debra said:  "You can't see our tree with the purple flowers behind those other two trees."

Frankly, I hadn't even noticed the tree with the purple flowers.  It's in a corner of the backyard behind an ugly tree and a thorny tree.  But once I saw it, I wasted little time cutting down the ugly tree and the thorny tree.

That was two days ago.  The project is now done.



At the far end of our patio, an ugly tree can be seen to the left and a thorny tree to the right.  The tree with the purple flowers is hidden behind them.  The ugly tree and the thorny tree are now gone.

This is what was hidden behind the other two trees.

With the two unwanted trees removed, I tied a rope around the remaining tree and pulled it away from the fence so that I would have room to build the half-pergola.

Only three posts support this new structure. Two of them are shown here propped up with 2x4 studs early in the project.

The three posts and the triangle-shaped top are in place.

Rope-eye view.

Additional support is added to the structure.

Wire mesh is attached to the structure for the tree to climb.

The rope has been removed from the tree and the branches are attached to the wire mesh, completing this two-day project.

View from the trumpet creeper, which was planted only two months ago and is already providing overhead shade for the original pergola.