No. 33 Pergolas · Mid-Century Modern
Attached Pergola Over Concrete Dining Patio
An attached pergola shades a wooden dining set on a concrete paver patio outside a mid-century modern home featuring a flat roof, post-and-beam structure, breeze block screen, and potted agave plants.
Design notes
Mid-century modern design lines everything up with the house. Look for flat roofs and post-and-beam overhangs, walls of glass, breeze-block screens, terrazzo or large concrete pads with gravel joints, and a rectangular pool set square to the architecture. Planting is sculptural and sparse — agave, yucca, olive, citrus, a Mediterranean fan palm — and colour comes from a single accent: an orange door, turquoise water, a yellow umbrella.
What to look for
- Clearance under the beams — 8 to 10 feet feels right
- Slat spacing and orientation against the afternoon sun
- Posts placed outside the furniture, never through it
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