Garden Gates and Arbor

Nice looking arbor and gate. I hope my wife don’t see this. Shes been wanting those same things for years. Nice. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

and “I” DID see it…. oh Rick!!! :D

Magnificent. I was actually just looking thru a book about trellis and arbors. I haven’t decided exactly what I want (or where) but I WILL get one!!!

Congrats on the well-earned honour of being asked to be included in a book. Bravo

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Made of willow Debbie? lol

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

oh thanks.. I hadn’t thought of that!! hahaha.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Beautiful project.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I have a water garden dug in the back yard. It sure would look nicer with one of your arbours in front.

-- Phil Brown, Ontario

There is a funny story to the arbor, gates, and fence.

We weren’t originally going to include a fence. My concern was about our dog….a black lab/shepard mutt that loves the water. I could just see her diving in and her claws tearing the liner. So we decided on a fence…Now we had to make the whole garden bigger or it would look silly in a fence….so now we have three times the amount of work to do. No problem..just keep plugging away.

We finally get it done…..we go inside, shut the gate…..the dog comes over and opens the gate and walks in….she actually pawed the latch to spring it open. To this day I have no idea where she learned that trick.

She has never gone in the water, just uses it as a big drinking bowl…she even has her own spot she has dug out in one corner under the trees to keep cool. I frequently will find her and the cat both sleeping in there.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Really nice Bob. I would like to make one like this for my yard. It is amazing what dogs can do.

-- John

that is funny…. extra work and the dog just walks in hahaha

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Beautiful gate, & yard.
You don’t need a doggy door on your house then , but maybe you don’t trust him with a key. LOL

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Beautiful work Bob. What more can you say about outstanding craftsmanship like this. Thanks a lot for sharing.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Bob,
Beautiful! The arch is exquisite, especially having a double gate.

I too have done much outdoor construction. We’ll need to share stories.

-- Peace, LJ http://mysite.verizon.net/biznxgtf/4Goldens.org

I’m glad this came around in Pulse! That’s some really nice looking work, Bob!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Thanks all. This was one of my favorite projects. My daughter and I had a great time doing it. It’s a special place. If you sit quietly in the stone chair a steady parade of birds come in to drink and bathe. Once the flowers start blooming the hummingbirds are always in there. With the sounds of the waterfalls it’s a nice place to get away from it all…even briefly.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Agree with all the above, lovely :)

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

ditto!
(again)

Love it; love it; love it… more and more and more

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Do you have a picture of the arbor with the flowers in bloom?

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

I’ll have to get one Dick. The trumpet vines are just starting to open. I’ll see if I can get some with the hummingbirds in there. We always have a number of them. The wisteria have gone by. We didn’t have many blooms this year since I pruned it pretty hard last year. It looks completely different in the summer. The arbor is in deep shade from the heavy canopy of vines.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

i like that arbor and gate. very stylish.My german shorthair would just jump throigh the hole..

-- Roy "Woodboxman" Coos Bay, Oregon

Dick…here are some pictures from today….I was watching the hummingbirds from my office window and went out to get a picture….impossible…...they are just so quick and won’t let me close.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Wow, I love this gate! Thanks for alerting me to your story. I too like building gates and fencing as much as any other woodworking. I am going to put an arched arbor over one other gate this year. I hope it turns out as nice as this one. Did you decide to do this as a business? If so, How did it work out?

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

Thanks.

No…I haven’t started doing it as a business. Best laid plans and all….just too busy with regular job, and life in general. I also thought about taking something I enjoy and turning it into something I HAVE to do. Not sure its the best idea.

I have built gates for others. The gate I built for my brother has brought a number of unexpected but very nice benefits with it. Not the least of which was going to Maui to install it. I was also fortunate to win last summers LJ challenge with it.
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/899

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org