Awwww Awning

We've wanted to put an awing over our back patio since the first summer in our house and we finally did just that this past Saturday. The back of our house faces West, so we get the full afternoon sun. In the summer, we become vampires, closing all our curtains in order to keep the house somewhat cool. 

I think Jeff finally got sick of my whining. He recruited a few people to help, including his uncle Dave, who was the real expert in the whole process. We (I mean Jeff) couldn't have done it without his knowledge! We owe Dave BIG time for all his help.

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 Underneath side, which we will eventually cover with something that will look better.

 Cooper

 Mason, who we found out is afraid of heights.

 Bill and Jeff, roofing the awning.

In the end, we decided to extend the awning past our patio and will most likely make our patio bigger next summer, as we've realized the size our our current one is not quite big enough.

All that's left to do is the underneath side of the awning to make it pretty and add stone or brick to each post.