New Pergola!!

2 years ago, we considered adding a new room to the back of our house, off the kitchen where the sliding doors are. Well, that never happened even though we got architectural drawings and everything!

We decided this winter to enhance our yard a bit, and modify the hard scape design. No, a pool is just way too expensive, and some of the landscape designers' plans were also way too expensive with elaborate stone patios, built-in custom fire pits, etc., etc..

We decided to baby-step it and just add onto the concrete of the "small" patio off the kitchen, tying it into the curvy design of the "large" patio over in the better part of the yard, and to add some structure off the kitchen part of the house.

We are excited about the bench swing our contractor hand built. It's amazing! We designed the right side of the pergola to extend an additional 6' so it could accomodate the swing. When sitting in the swing, you get the best perspective of the rest of our yard, as your back is to the small end of the yard. There is really neat lighting built into the beams at the top, and at night there is a soft glow out there.

Now, there is a new concrete pad around the corner, so the BBQ is out of the way, and that side yard (where the dogs do their business) is much more tidy!

Still in "progress" on the repair of the hardwood floors in the kitchen. The damage came at the start of the pergola/concrete project when one of the workers pulled the hose bib off the side of the house and the pipes in the pantry wall broke, flooding the kitchen and sadly ruining some large sections of the kitchen floor. Hopefully by early April that will all be fixed and behind us.