Back Door Pergola

Here is a picture of my next project. Once my front side yard fence is complete, this will be my next project. It'll take a little of the bright sun rays out, and add a whole lot of style to our otherwise boring back of house. Stay tuned!

7.9.11  I finally finished this project. Just kept getting interrupted! But the interruptions involved my beautiful wife and 3 adorable children, so I guess that's OK. ...So, total project cost was $200 and some change. Difficulty rating...I would give this one a 6. Pretty simple stuff. I used some excellent plans and they were actually very accurate (most wood working plans don't always work out 100%). If you want the plans, email me and I'll send you the link. The project went very well. I used Redwood and a good oil-based Olympic Stain. Definitely suggest you stain this before you hang it. One flaw of the plans is that is calls for 3.5" by 3/8" lags for bolting to wall. These stripped out for me and I ended up using 3.5" stainless steel screws to fasten brackets to the wall.
We love this. Our deck was boring and the back of our house looked so bland. This trellis adds a nice architectural element to the back of our home...and I guess it provides a little shade as well.