Anybody who has ever been to the desert knows how important shade is. A parking spot underneath a tree, or in the shadow of a building are the most coveted spaces in Tucson. At our house we have a few trees that give sporadic shade to areas of our driveway. One space has great early-morning shade, the opposite side only has shade very late in the day. During the hottest part of the day the sun just beats down unrelentingly cooking our cars. So we decided pretty quickly we need a carport. (a simple open-walled structure that provides shade.) Brie's father Jim was in town for a week and he was happy to help us.
We spent the first few days looking at other carports, pricing materials, looking in books, and sketching out ideas. On Wednesday we dug six big holes, put the 10foot 4x6 posts in and poured concrete around them:
The next day we bought all the rest of the lumber as well as the roofing materials and hardware and stained all the wood. On Friday we built the frame:
On Saturday we put the roof on and then we were done:
Very quick and easy. We wouldn't have been able to do it without Jim's help!
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