Do you notice that Molly is waiting for someone to throw her the ball? They're not busy or anything, obviously.
Stiiiillllll waiting...Notice she's moved the ball for them in case they didn't notice it.
Here's the finished product!
Those are moonflower and morning glory seed sprouts next to the post. I'm hoping they grow enough this summer. We will be having people over soon to enjoy it!
THAT IS SO FABULOUS!!! And I love the posts in pots idea!
ReplyDeleteIs this a pre-fab kind of thing? Where did you get it?
It's a pre-fab thing that we bought through Costco's website. It says it will take two people 8 hours to do, but that's COMPLETELY not true. Our first set of posts fell over, ruining the first 4 hours worth of work. It probably would have gone smoother at the beginning if we were setting the posts on concrete footers in the ground, but since we didn't want to drill into our patio, we had to do the pots. The bottoms are concrete footers and then we filled around it with rocks for drainage. We also drilled holes in the bottoms of the pots to help the water drain.
ReplyDeleteWow, that looks like it was so much work...but it came out awesome. What a great addition to your outdoor space. I found you over at Centsational Girl's party. I am your latest follower. I would love for you to come and check out my blog and follow me back at www.diybydesign.blogspot.com. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great project. I love it that the pergola is white and has flowers around the base. Very fun.
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Glenda (#206)
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Your pergola turned out great. It looks beautiful. Very sweet dog too.
ReplyDeleteWe've talked about doing that ourselves. The pots, not the pergola. Let's not get crazy. Do they have cement in them to hold down and stabilize the pergola?
ReplyDeleteWow, why didn't I think of this? I have a pergola but didn't think to put it in pots. However, I do have an umbrella that we put in a pot of cement. Great idea you have.
ReplyDeleteThe posts of the pergola are sitting on concrete footers that we put in the bottom of the pots. The footers are about 12-16 inches tall. Then we filled in around them with rock so the soil would drain and to provide extra weight and stability to the posts. The most important part, we found, was to make sure the concrete footers are the same height and are a good consistency. The first batch we made was too dry and the footers just crumbled. I absolutely love the way it turned it. I can't wait until the vines start growing up the posts and the flowers start growing in the pots! Thanks for looking at our project! :)
ReplyDeleteIf anyone tries this, I would also recommend putting some kind of filter paper between the soil and rocks to keep the soil from falling down between the rocks when you water.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a big pergola fan but this is awesome! It's absolutely beautiful! I love the flowers. I'll be forwarding this to my friend who LOVES pergolas. =o)
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