Beginning the Pergola - Planning with a Scale Model

These photos are of a scale model 1:10 in metric or about 1:12 imperial (1 inch equals one foot.), of the pergola made from buckthorn weed tree sticks.

This was a useful exercise for getting an idea of the relative proportions of the pergola, namely of the height, depth and width as well as the desired diameters of the logs. It is also an excellent communication tool share ideas with others.

The perspective view here gives a better feel for its true appearance from the eye level at scale. (This fooled some of our FB friends into believing that this was a finished  final product. lol.)

Using a couple of Playmobil figures and plastic animals we had a little bit of fun with that. The figures were not even close to scale of the model though.