Rox
Your place looks great. All lot of people up here in Eastern Washington use grape vines for the shade. I have a friend who used hops and it works really well. When I finish the pergola I am working on I'll just use shade cloth so I can take it down in winter.
Harvey
I like the little bites idea. I have been working on a pergola since a month before Mother's day (it was 'supposed" to be done in about a month). Then I hit rock and then overtime at work started and I am taking little bites. Of course we may have had a bit of "project growth" in the mix too.
