I wandered into the woods on a scavenger hunt one day, in search of materials to repair my small arbor that was damaged in a storm...
Somehow, I got carried away... and this was the result!
The narrow end of the structure is 7 feet wide and 8 feet high. The wide end is 26 feet wide and 10 feet high. The east side is 34 feet long. The west side is 30 feet long. The ridge beam is a 34 foot Douglas Fir. (8 inches on the skinny end, 12 inches on the stump end)
There are no calculated angles, but I used a laser to set all the beam heights and a level to set the posts straight and plumb. Everything else was done on a one piece at a time plan.
I'm not sure what to call this "thing". Was it still an arbor? Gazebo... pergola.... pavillion? Perhaps it would be best to just call it my Living Room!
To be continued...... next time I'll show you interior views and plants!
[ January 24, 2007, 12:43 AM: Message edited by: Bill ]
From: Cedar Hill, WA | Registered: Feb 2004
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Absolutely Fan~tab~u~lous!!!! I am soooo jealous....I could spend all day and night there!!! What a VIEW!!!!
When I acquire my dream house you can build me a "living room"!!! ...but in addition you will have to run an electrical and cable line....can't have The Garden Helper Withdrawals!!!LOL
Ohhhh watch out ....WILD WILLY has some major MUSCLES!!!! Catlover
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Bill you did a fantastic job on your living room.....
Karen, you know why he made it don't you??? It was his practice for when he comes to see all of us hostesses one day and makes us all living rooms too!!!!
Looks like a nice peaceful place to sit and think......
From: Beautiful Western Maryland...zone 6 | Registered: May 2003
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I'm drooling! I wish I had a forest!! My freind wants to build a little retreat in the forest behind his house because the bulk housing companies are already going to rip it all out in about four years. I think I've got some more inspiration cause of that thing! I'm going to do some guerilla gardening too I love those log formations in the front veiw!! Quite peacefull. I bet all those people driving by looking at you funny don't know what to say now
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I've heard rumors that someone here met him once upon a time, but I don't think he really exists!
From: Monroe, WA | Registered: Sep 2003
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Afgreyparrot's curiosity rose... ...so questions on the forum she did pose "Just who is this "Bill"? And, is Bill really REAL?" ...she thinks only the "shadow" knows!
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Wow..... I do all the work and that Bill guy gets all the credit! ... I've seen him. He's a troll!
From: Cedar Hill, WA | Registered: Feb 2004
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ever see the old show [ charlies angels? ] were all bills gardeners [saving all the plants] & he tells us how to save em by computers! [ too many of us to use speaker phones oh well, thats what i thought of
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Cindy, [are we just his "subjects" that he inspires by some form of wierd telepathy via this forum, like an experiment] the answer could be YES , bill could be a G,M,O, experiment gone wrong & were growing all his fuchure army plants to take over the world! hes just waiting to get enough plants so the G,M,O's can mix the plant genes with human genes!! then were all domed!
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..... mwahahahaha.... ONLY the Shadow knows the real truth behind the mystery, and he'll never, ever tell!!!
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Bill.....hmmm, how do we know you are really real .....maybe you are really a form of alien life that is communicating with us for fun from another planet....
From: Beautiful Western Maryland...zone 6 | Registered: May 2003
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I enjoyed seeing what you did to my pix and got a good laugh out of it, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you're out of danger! hehehehehe!
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It's nice to know that you think you can hide from me! It makes you so much more vulnerable.... Little do you know, what fate awaits! One of these days.... (Haven't you wondered why you haven't seen Jiffymouse, Catlover, or Flower here lately?) Mwa Ha Ha!!!
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