Pergolas and other outdoor structures are a great addition to any home.  These additions can be a way of expanding your living space to include the outdoors. This Pergola was built in Alameda for our client who wanted to ground her home to her backyard. Her existing patio provided a place for outdoor gatherings but the house loomed large overhead and dwarfed the backyard. She had several pictures that provided a starting point. We then walked her yard and looked at the architectural features of the home so we could incorporate the existing design. We discussed the connection to the house and the window that provided a challenge. How best could we provide the height to fit the scale of the house and not make the overlap look forced?

Then after defining her budget we developed a plan with the structure that fit her sense of design built with materials that met her financial goals. By creating a three-dimensional drawing she was able to see clearly how the Pergola would intercept the existing window and how the scale would fit with the house.