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Perfect
Pergolas
Adding a pergola to your house is a way
to pretty it up without blocking movement and adding a touch of
'interest' to a corner, roof-space or entry way. Used as an entry
for your friends to walk under to get to your door makes your house
appear friendly and welcoming. It adds an interest to any garden
space and can be decorated in many different ways. Even in the non
custom houses such as Castles and Keeps, you can always add a pergola to
those areas of dull grey stone to brighten them up. If you are able to
customise you can put in 'permanent' poles to hold it up, either log or
brick, for those who don't wish to customise again or can't there are
other options for your 'poles' to give the same effect.
There are many variations you may use
from full height pergolas to small rows of 'vineyard' type
placing. It is up to your imagination! I like to use grapes on
mine for the color contrast, however you may use whatever you like to
add that touch of color.
Note: in all the following graphics, the pergola is made
from gnarled staffs, these may be crafted in one direction, however the
other direction only comes as 'loot' off monsters, demons seem to be a
good monster to score the opposite direction staffs from. You may
use anything you like for the trellis part of the pergola, however it is
difficult to find anything that will lie north/south or east/west
correctly. Black staffs may also be used as these you can find in
both directions, purchased off the weapon NPC's or as loot off monsters.
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Classic Pergola:
Here is a classic styled pergola, using brick posts from the
customise menu with the vines on the wall spilling onto the
pergola with a nice display of grapes.The 'vines'
are made from nightshade on the pergola, vines on the walls and
grapes in bunches of 2 or singly placed. The fruit basket
has a few extra grapes added to the top to keep in theme.
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Classic Pergola II:
Here is a classic styled pergola, that has no posts as
such to hold it up. It is suspended from the castle roof and
goes over the edge of the west battlements. The Flowering
cherries at each end mask the edge of the pergola. Torches
are added for a touch of 'light' at night and the table and
loveseats under add a nice place to 'rest' and put up your feet.
Again the pergola has nightshade and grape bunches to dangle
over the top.
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Espaliered Lemons Pergola:
This pergola is free standing, using clock frames as the
'posts'. It uses 'parasitic plants' available from the
lumberjack trade as the 'vines' and lemons in singles
and bunches of 2. A flower pot holds the lemon 'tree' which
has been let grow up and espaliered across the
pergola.
2 elegant low tables and 4 ornate elven chairs provide a nice
place to sit, and the basket with extra lemons adds to the 'theme'.
The same can be done for melons and pumpkins and if used by the
wall
of a house, as in the classic above, vines may be used to continue the theme
across to the brickwork or walls. Tribal berries or Grapes of
Wrath may also be used as 'blueberries' to add to your theme.
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Small Farmyard/Vege Garden
Pergola:
This pergola is free standing, using training dummies as the
'posts'. On this one only vines have been used to provide
the greenery with grapes added for color. The training dummies
also double up as scarecrows for the garden! |
The parasitic plants as used in the Espaliered Lemon above look great when used
on a lower vineyard type set up with grapes as they form a nice neat edge along
the staffs. You may also used diseased bark, a Melisande peerless
ingredient, to form some nice vegetation on your pergolas. Another type of
plant that looks 'great' over a pergola if you have any available are the
'rubble' morning glories that were available with the Magincia event.
There are many, many themes you can create with a pergola such as:
Christmas theme: add stockings, candy canes and the
dragon sect badges, available from the Citadel peerless monsters, look great as
Christmas baubles.
Bridal Pergola: use the parasitic plants and snow, on the pergola,
with white and plain snowdrop plants surrounding the outside edge underneath.
Also add an alter or podium with white goza mats on the floor.
It is all up to the imagination!
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