The existing pergola structure was perfect - timber, vine-wrapped, detailed like a greenhouse at the end of a walled garden. What it wasn't, was shaded. By midday the space was unusable, but the owners didn't want a rigid cover that would close the ceiling off permanently or clash with the soft materials below.
They wanted something that could be open when the morning was still gentle, closed during the worst of the afternoon, open again at dusk. A shade that behaved like a curtain - a room feature, not a roof system.
Our Roman Shade system runs on stainless wire between anchor points in the existing timber structure. The panels slide along the wire, gather in the corner when open, and deploy to a clean line across the bay when closed. Fabrication happens in our loft - we measure the exact bay geometry, cut the panels to match, and hand-stitch the wire channels.
The homeowners operate the shades by hand from the ground. No motors, no switches, nothing to fail. The fabric is the same UV-stable 10-year membrane we use on commercial projects, specified in a warm earth tone that reads as part of the existing materials palette.
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