My Wedding Gazebo is 10 years old

[EddieWalker]

The ceiling and trusses where next. Because the roof bends, I needed wood that would bend on the ceiling. I went with 1x6 cedar fencing. It was cheap, it was super thin, which meant it was easy to bend, and it looks nice.

I also used the fence boards for the soffit. I installed them so they barely overlapped, which put them at an angle. Kind of like lap siding, but upside down. The idea came from looking at the underside of a mushroom. I wanted that sort of a look, but I also had to seal it off and make it solid.

There are two very simple trusses. Basically, they are just triangles. To dress them up, I cut a board to mount to the peak of the truss that made it look like a heart. Purely decoration, but a fun way to make it look nicer in my opinion.

The ceiling fans are nice when its hot out. I ran the wiring down to the bottom of a post off to the side with a short extension cord sticking out of a junction box. This makes it easy to set my generator up 100 feet away, where it's quiet, and plug it into the gazebo for power.

 

[EddieWalker]

I finished it two days before our Wedding. That gave us one full day to set up chairs, and decorate. I'm not sure how that all worked out, there where times when I knew I wouldn't finish, and there where times that I felt that I'd be done with a month to spare. I have no idea how many hours I put into it. I just know that if I was home, I was working on it!!!

 

[newbury]

Great work, so what are you going to build for the anniversary?

I probably could have built that in a decade.

But I've heard that Your marriage went to the dogs, PRIZE WINNING DOGS!

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

Wow, Great posts! The cedar ones too! (Pun intended).
The hours that must of went into that gazebo will only be recovered by appreciating the results.
Thanks for posting.

 

[EddieWalker]

Since then, we've had numerous parties down there. It's our "Happy Place" It's where we go fishing, it's where her son and his friends camp out, it's where we end up when we're on the land and not really paying attention to where we're going. There is magic there that we've come to appreciate, and when needed, it's where we go to enjoy all of our blessings.

 

[EddieWalker]

Great work, so what are you going to build for the anniversary?

I probably could have built that in a decade.

Tomorrow is our 10 year Anniversary. Karen is grilling rib eyes, and I'm buying her a new, extra big, dryer to match the washer she got last year. It's not the same as building her a gazebo, but it's what she really wants, and it's on sale!!!

 

[Torvy]

Nice! I couldn't get remotely close to that.

 

[MotorSeven]

Wow Eddie, darn fine work! My pea brain will not compute those curves....I am jealous of others that can do that.
Yesterday was our 20th & it was dinner and a movie.....

 

[EddieWalker]

This was a couple weeks ago.

 

[ponytug]

Eddie that is just an amazing, amazing creation. It reminds me a bit of free hand designing and building a boat, with lots of curves, and compound angles.

Very creative! I hope that you show photos to prospective clients!

All the best,

Peter