Want to improve the overall quality of your outdoor living experience this summer? Want to add some additional visual appeal to your deck or patio? Need a place for storing additional potted plants? The easiest solution for achieving all three is to build a pergola for your home!
What is the purpose of a pergola? Pergolas are made of many different materials—cedar, metal and even vinyl. You will find them in most home improvement stores as well as on many websites that offer custom kits to allow you to create the perfect pergola that matches your own taste. Pergolas are easy to install and are highly affordable structures. Depending upon your needs, a pergola offers you some significant benefits when it comes to creating the home of your dreams.
Pergolas Add Definition to Your Yard
Pergola benefits include adding some definite purpose to part of your outdoor landscaping, a pergola can create a definitive space, such as a dining area or an entertainment lounge in your backyard. This is especially true if you lack a deck or patio and just have open grass in your yard; however, pergola benefits to a deck or patio, helps establish how you can make use of your outdoor living space.
Pergolas Make Privacy Possible
Not everyone enjoys being on display when they enjoy their outdoor areas. If you cannot build a privacy fence, a pergola with drapes, screens or latticework on one of the sides provides an excellent alternative for creating privacy!
When positioned well, sometimes the benefits of a pergola covering can include blocking an unsightly item from your point of view, such as an open road, an ugly shed next door or someone’s rusted playground. Pergolas, in this instance, can create a greater sense of beauty in your own yard while minimizing unappealing views of other people’s choices!
Pergolas Create Additional Garden Space
Because of its open latticework, a pergola affords you the opportunity to hang plants from its boards to create a beautiful garden in the air. Pergolas are also great for climbing plants as they can go from the ground up and intertwine themselves in the boards to create a gorgeous natural ceiling. Wisteria, honeysuckle, clematis, ivy and grape vines make excellent choices to plant and grow onto a pergola’s open structure.
Pergolas Create Shade and Protection from the Elements
Once your climbing flowers have taken over the top area of your pergola, you’ll experience instant shade as you lounge beneath the plants. True, it can take the better part of one planting season for the vines to take over the full ceiling, but once they do, you will get some natural relief from the sun’s rays. Now that more and more people are aware of the impact of sun exposure, many newer pergolas come with an optional canopy that you can open during the day to protect yourself from the sun’s rays and then close at night so you can sit out under the stars.
Pergolas Can Add Value to Your Home
At the end of the day, the benefits of building your own pergola include creating a bit of extra value for your home, making it a worthwhile investment. According to renovation guru Bob Vila, attractive landscaping can add as much as 20 percent value to your home. When you maintain your pergola and any flowers or vines hanging off it, this one feature can make a huge difference for someone in the market for a home as they add a great deal of beauty and interest to any outdoor area. If you live in a town-home community, an outdoor pergola can be just the thing that sets your home apart from the others, making it an attractive option when it comes time for you to move.
Considering a Pergola This Summer?
If you’ve done some homework and want to add value to your home and create a gorgeous outdoor living area with a pergola, but don’t want to deal with the maintenance of a wood or metal structure, consider building a custom vinyl pergola.
Vinyl fencing materials and pergolas are 100% maintenance free and will last a lifetime—so you can enjoy them for years and years! Contact us today and we’’ll send out one of our expert residential consultants who can design a pergola to meet your needs and your budget.
