Full-Length Cedar Pergola

Forty feet of pergola changes how a whole elevation reads. This one runs the back of the house in a single dark-stained line, framing the pool below and putting the entire poolside walk in broken shade instead of leaving a strip of it usable.

The stain was taken almost to the trim color of the house, so from across the pool the structure and the home read as one composition — which is the difference between adding a pergola and finishing a backyard.