The word pergola is from Italian, meaning something like ‘projection’. A pergola was initially made of wooden beams projecting from a house wall and supported by wooden posts at the end, away from the wall. A freestanding pergola is detached from the house and can be placed anywhere. You can use the freestanding pergola as a patio cover. Just place the pergola close to the house. Then, you do not have to attach anything to the house, so you do not make any marks on the façade. A freestanding pergola with a......

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