Covered outdoor room with an open-gable wood ceiling, herringbone tile wall and plank floor — Open-gable wood ceiling, herringbone tile on the end wall, wood-look plank underfoot.

Open pergola

Wood pergola

Posts, beams and rafters in cedar, redwood or douglas fir, open to the sky. Warmest-looking option here by a distance, and the one with a standing appointment for cleaning, sanding and re-finishing.

Signature cost band

The middle band. Where most of our projects land once the yard is seen as a whole.

Colour families

Natural cedar
Stained walnut
Painted white

Families, not products. The exact colour gets chosen off a physical sample against your house.

What is true of this material

Shade: Dappled — rafter spacing sets how much
Upkeep: Re-finishing on a cycle, forever
Structure: Footings and connections are engineered and inspected

Ask whoever bids this

“What is the refinishing interval on this species in full San Diego sun?”

Attributes

TypeOpen pergola
Shade it givesDappled
Built fromWood
Cost bandSignature $$
UpkeepPeriodic refinishing
StyleTraditional Rustic Mediterranean

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