Did You Build a Pergola?
To build a pergola is quite an achievement. How did you get on? Whether simple or elaborate, self-build or pergola kit, we're dying to find out!
- Was it fun, scary, rewarding?
- Did you feel a great sense of achievement?
- Did you have a particularly good tool that you'd like to recommend?
- What was the best moment of your build, either during or after?
- Has it made a difference to your garden?
- Has it made a difference to your life?! Tell us how.
- Have you been showing all your friends and family? (I know I did!)
- Do you have some great pictures that you can share?
Writing about your pergola is very easy. Just fill in the boxes below and you're off!
Your story could be on a page of its own very shortly.
The attached lean-to pergola above was built by John. What a fantastic job he's made of it!
Your Pergola Story
Write it here!
It's great to tell others of our achievements; the pride we feel, and how it has made a difference to our lives.
Be an inspiration to others who are thinking of building their own pergola.
Help them to have the confidence to take the bull by the horns and give it a try. It's often all that is needed to inspire someone. After all, you have been there and done it.
Tell your story. We would all love to hear it!
DIY Pergola Stories
Click on the links below to see other great stories about how other people built their own pergolas...
Heavenly Hexagonal Haven
Our pitched-roof hexagonal pergola design is more of an arbour that takes advantage of the setting sun at the bottom of our garden and nicely nestles under …
Alan's Amazing Pergola
We wanted a more shady place on our patio, so with the help of your plans we amalgamted a few of the designs and built this.
All made from green oak, …
My Asian Style Pergola (Almost!)
I purchased the Asian Style Pergola plan from this web-site and it is well worth the money.
You do have to read it a few times to fully understand …
Our Quiet Spot In The Garden
We have a dining room that opens out on to hard standing which although nice on its own needed a bit of smartning up.
If you opened the doors when it …
Nik & Helen's Corner Pergola
We built our pergola using the corner pergola plans, just adjusted the measurements to fit the space. As our ground is full of massive rocks we couldn't …
Tips For Building Your Corner Pergola
Firstly, the work hurdles as I saw them..
• I had a really bad and unproductive corner of the garden to fill but the corner is not a …
Proud Pergola Owners
We were very impressed by the plans on your website and sent off for the Asian Pergola plans. We have an excellent carpenter who followed them to …
A Rose Arch for the Mother-In-Law!
Hello All,
My name's Rob and I would like to share with you a garden project I just recently finished. Having completed building the Hexagonal Pergola …
These Pergola Plans Really Are For Beginners!
So when my wife came back from the garden center and asked if I could build a pergola for the garden, I said “Sure, no problem, when the weather gets a …
How to Take Care of Your Hot Tub
Maintaining your hot tub is similar to maintaining your swimming pool, in fact some of the same techniques are used.
Here useful tips you can follow …
Capturing the Sun!
I am a bit of a DIYer and like to turn my hand to things so when the pergola idea took hold I needed to find a starting point - and hey presto - 'Pergola …
John's Attached Pergola Lean-to
John's pergola is a fabulous example of a DIY pergola made from the step-by-step plans!
Rob's Hexagonal Pergola Construction Video
This is Rob's 'tongue in cheek' look at how his 2 1/2 year old son, Hiromu, masterminded and built the pergola in their garden in Japan!
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