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Patio Shelter for Shade or Privacy

Here are a few customer photos that showcase how to create an attractive patio shelter while adding dimension to a favorite outdoor entertaining area. How do you envision enjoying some shade and privacy in your back yard? Adding a stone fireplace and outdoor living room furniture make your outdoor room inviting for all seasons. Extra shade can be added with a retractable canopy or a screen on one end of your pergola. Retractable canopies come in a variety of colors and can be added to any of our pergola kits size 12x12 up to 20x20. Related Topics: Creative Ways for Building Patio Shade

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Patio Cover Ideas from Illinois Pergola Customer

If you're looking for patio cover ideas that extend the number of hours you can enjoy your outdoor space, consider some additions shown on this customer's cedar pergola in Illinois. Lighting and lanterns bring the indoors out well into the evening hours, and create a serene space to relax with friends and family under this 18x18 cedar freestanding Big Kahuna pergola. Add some comfy seating and you've got an extra room that is very welcoming! For warmer evenings, an added ceiling fan can keep it breezy when needed. Congratulations to our Illinois customer of month chosen in February and thank you to all who submitted photos and voted on our blog! We love to see before, during, and after photos of your pergola projects! Pergola Depot customers are invited to

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Super Bowl Ready Tips for Outdoor Patio Party

If you're throwing together your outdoor patio party for the Super Bowl last minute (or you've been planning for months), 3 to-dos on the top of your checklist are the same: food, comfy seating, and games!

Outdoor Patio Party Tips

A chili cook-off is a fun way to involve guests and have plenty of hearty food for any size guest list. Allrecipes offers some recipes for champion chili that could be a winner! If you're interested in tried and true bowl game favorites, or something with a new twist, here are a couple ideas from RealSimple and AttaGirl Says with recipes you can throw together last minute. Made to order nachos, chips and dip, and veggies are always quick and easy fill-ins alongside your main dish. Most importantly, make sure you have...

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Solid Wood Free Standing Patio Cover Ideas

Ideas for Free Standing Patio Covers

If you've been browsing different patio cover kits to create a cover for your patio seating area, you may have found that your favorite is a solid wood patio cover that's freestanding or one that attaches to your house. Our free standing patio cover kits are the perfect choice if you're looking to create a little more shade in your backyard, or a beautiful outdoor room. Have you been searching for a wood pergola that you can assemble from a kit but prefer finding one that's made in the USA? We build our kits in Melbourne, Florida and ship them anywhere in the contiguous United States. All sizes of our pergola kits arrive to you pre-cut and pre-drilled with step by step instructions. It's a...

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Outdoor Patio Ideas to Add to Your Backyard Design

If you're looking for new outdoor patio ideas for your backyard, take a look a some of the customer photos! There are many suggestions and features our customers have added that are worth considering as additions for your outdoor living space. Depending on your location, winter is great for patio planning and spring and summer are often the best times to put your plan into action.  It's never too late to get started purchasing the materials to spruce up your patio or deck!

Favorite Designs for Outdoor Patio Plans

Chosen by our blog followers, freestanding cedar pergola kits and cedar attached pergolas offer some unique outdoor patio ideas ranging from a patio cover connecting the indoor living room to a patio, to a poolside retreat. One of the top features in...

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Pergola Depot Awarded Best Of Houzz 2017

We're pleased to announce that Pergola Depot has been awarded "Best Of Customer Service" on Houzz®, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. Best Of Houzz awards are chosen by the more than 40 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than one million active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals. This is Pergola Depot's third Best Of Houzz award, following on from our 2015 and 2016 awards for Customer Service. We love our customers and very much appreciate all of the customer reviews we've received, and being recognized for the attention to quality that is so important to our team at Pergola Depot. Thank you to our fabulous customers for making this achievement possible for us! The Best Of Houzz is awarded...

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Solid Wood Patio Cover Provides Shade

If you're lucky enough to be sitting in one of the sunniest spots in the lower 48 for winter sunshine, you might consider a solid wood patio cover to provide some shady relief from the afternoon heat. Historical national weather data shows that these 5 states rank in the top 10 for # of days of sunshine during those bleak winter months: Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, and Texas. This Arizona pergola kit shows off a beautiful way to incorporate the pool area including a poolside bar and custom stonework. Sometimes it's hard to decide how to create shade and incorporate a patio cover. Here are steps to walk you through choosing one of our pergolas as your patio cover.

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Best Backyard Structure Wood Type for Severe Weather

Did you ever wonder what the best backyard structure wood type is if you live where the weather can be severe? Cedar is one of the best choices for wooden structures designed to withstand various types of severe weather. Pine is an excellent choice of wood also. Our pergola kits are made out of wood types that work very well for a sturdy outdoor structure - western red cedar and pressure treated pine. Here's a quick comparison of the two wood types. Western Red Cedar is a beautiful light amber color. It has a wonderfully appealing fragrance that adds another dimension to its qualities. Western red cedar is also highly resistant to decay, which makes it great for outdoor use. It is lightweight with close, even grain. It is...

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Five Tips for a Party-Ready Pergola

Top five party-ready pergola tips to get your patio and pergola ready for a New Year's celebration are centered around making one of your favorite spaces your go-to spot before the ball drops at midnight. Courtesy of our fabulous customers, we've gathered a couple photos taken in warm and cold climates, so even if your temps might be inching toward (or below) freezing you can still enjoy time under your pergola!

1. Build a fire in your fire pit for some added warmth

2. Add a dining table or comfy couches to enjoy your outdoor area

3. Soften the evening look with string lights or tiki torches

4. Set up an area to watch the big game or your favorite countdown to midnight

5. Create a sitting area with plenty of space for your...

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