trellis – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com Making a Handmade Modern Home one DIY project at a time. Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:59:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/francoisetmoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Untitled-2-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 trellis – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com 32 32 76357554 Build a Modern Grid Trellis from Garden Stakes https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/build-a-modern-grid-trellis-from-garden-stakes/ https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/build-a-modern-grid-trellis-from-garden-stakes/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:59:29 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=14881  One of the big things that bothered me about the back facade of our home when we bought it, was a large, bare expanse of stucco just to the right of the back door. See before photos of our backyard HERE. My initial thought was that it was the PERFECT location for a pergola, and it is, but after replacing the patio, and making several other improvements to the backyard, a $$$$ pergola just wasn’t in the budget, at least not right now. So instead, we built a trellis to fill the vertical space.   I was really inspired by the work of a company named, Garden Metalwork. Their simple modern grid trellises totally redefined for me what a trellis could be. A trellis didn’t have to be made of premade lattice with traditional scrolls at the top–it could be clean, bold and modern. I would have LOVED to purchase one of their trellises, but I’m pretty sure it would have cost about as much as a pergola. So the next best (most affordable) option was to build one from exterior grade cedar. I used 60″ cedar stakes from the garden center because they’re the perfect size and thickness for […]

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