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Outdoor Room & Patio

klh7011, member | June 1st, 20101 comment

My husband and I live on the lake and we love to spend our time outdoors. Last year we installed a fifteen foot folding window wall in our living room that faces the lake. We wanted to...

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Bow Arm Lounge Chair w/ Ottoman & Drink Table

RMassey, member | June 1st, 20101 comment

Alaskan Yellow Cedar lounge chair, ottoman & drink table. Sunbrella fabrics & stainless steel hardware.

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Moon Viewing Platform

rdeboer, member | June 1st, 2010

We started this project on our modern looking house to give it a more Japanese appearance and to provide shade from the mid-day sun. The roof structure is all Douglas Fir...

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Blueberry Cage to keep the birds out!

bxj6, member | May 31st, 20102 comments

My customer was tired of feeding her blueberries to the birds. If the birds achieve access to the blueberries now, they are either very smart or very large! Everything is bolted & screwed...

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Patio Structure

Acctplus, member | May 31st, 2010

Tired of putting up temporary shelters for my kids' birthday parties in the event of rain, I came up with a design that would add to the outdoor living space of my home: A patio structure with...

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Barbeque Island and Firepit with Seating area (in the Southwest this is called a Banco)

Planer1, member | May 31st, 20103 comments

My wife and I designed this backyard project. The back of the island and the Banco are designed to reflect the southwestern character of our Santa Fe style home. I built the...

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Slate and Mahogony Shed Roof

Colgate93, member | May 31st, 2010

The rain and snow were miserable until we added this shed roof over the back door. We wanted it to look original to the house, and used slavaged slate roof tiles, reclaimed magohony beams and...

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Pavilion

futuredoug, member | May 31st, 2010

This is a celebration space we created. It was built with all cypress framing and standing seam metal roof. The deck is ipe with hidden fasteners on top of borate pressure treated pine framing...

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ORIENTAL GARDEN PERGOLA

tatem, member | May 31st, 2010

Fascinated by the oriental architecture I decided to design my own pergola. Using the curves and fan shapes so commonly seen in China I designed and constructed this challenging projectnbsp...

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Timberfram Pergola

pestoman, member | May 31st, 20101 comment

My son, Brendan Matthews (www.traditionalbarnraisers.com) built this pergola for his cousin using timberframe joinery and raising techniques.

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Family Paradise

thelandscaper, member | May 30th, 20101 comment

I designed and built this fantastic outdoor living space for this fine home in Duncan, SC. We chose Tennessee sandstone to complement the home and for its beauty and warmth. The Fireplace...

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16' wide driveway gates

robwok, member | May 30th, 2010

Gates to span the entire driveway. 16' wide, 6'6" high and 3" thick. It was actually harder to make these out of PT than another domestic wood just because of the warpage in Big Box lumber. The...

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moon fence

kesslau, member | May 30th, 20101 comment

three panel moon fence created from clear western red cedar, all joints dowelled for strength to withstand wisteria

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Deck pergola

clumjim, member | May 30th, 20103 comments

This pergola provides much needed filtered shade to a southern exposure.It is made of Western red cedar and stained with Sikkens SRD. It was made in shop and assembled on site. The dimensions are...

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Playhouse-"You know, for kids."

Monica09, member | May 30th, 2010

This 8'X6'-6" playhouse was constructed for my daughters' daycare centre, on a budget. All the windows (wood and plexi) and the door were constructed on site. There is over 6' of...

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Replacment Pergola

now, member | May 30th, 2010

This custom pergola was designed in CAD, cut and finished in the shop and reassembled on site. We reused the original fiberglass collums and replaced the rails and pergola. Constructed of...

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Screened Porch

calvin, member | May 30th, 2010

Screened Porch to complement 1875 house.

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Victorian (Queen Ann) Style Curved Porch {Mangaris}

ThreeOaks, member | May 27th, 20103 comments

Hi. My name is Cliff Audet and I wanted to enter this porch that my crew and I built for my own house. The old porch was rotten beyond repair, so when we replaced it using the same details, we added...

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Curved mahogany deck

rvreca, member | May 27th, 20103 comments

This is a curved mahogany deck of my own design, with custom railing incorporating both stainless steel cable and wood infill. Wood infill was chosen at the wraparound to help hide the grill and...

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Patio and screen porch

SpecRoubaix, member | May 27th, 201010 comments

When it was time to replace our deck, I seized the opportunity to bring comfort and peace to our home by designing a patio and screen porch in the style of 1920's. In the twenties, the excesses of...

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Butterfly Fountain and Pergola

vasily66, member | May 25th, 2010

We started with an overgrown, broken pool that was full of mosquitos and sludge. The owner wanted a place to relax and watch the world pass by. They were interested in plants that attract...

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Beetle Kill Pine Pergola

timberwhittler, member | May 25th, 20101 comment

This project is a nice 12x18 timber framed pergola structure. The timber materials are beetle kill pine, local source. Here in Colorado the beetles have devastated over 2 million acres of the...

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Dry Stone Outdoor Kitchen

sscully, member | May 24th, 2010

I used basalt for the dry stone (no mortar) retaining wall and steps. The kitchen area is situated on top of a single car garage. The counter tops and mantle are concrete with a sand finish. An...

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