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(See below for a shopping list and tools.)\n\nSUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http:\/\/bit.ly\/SubscribeThisOldHouse\n\nThe garage door is the first thing most of us see when we arrive home, so it better be a sight worthy of admiration. Impossible? Not at all: Perching a pergola upon shapely brackets adds architectural dimension and intriguing shadow lines to this otherwise utilitarian entry point. \n\nOur approach calls for mounting ready-made brackets to the door's casing\u2014and the framing behind it\u2014then attaching an assembly of rafters and purlins shaped to complement your home's existing trim. Follow along as This Old House senior technical editor Mark Powers guides you through making this decorative structure, which looks as good freshly installed as it would draped in flowering vines.\n\nShopping List for How to Build a Garage Pergola: \n- 2x4 pressure-treated lumber, get three 12-foot boards for the rafters\n- 2x2 pressure-treated balusters, get six 8-footers to make the purlins\n- 24-by-24-inch cedar side brackets, get two\n- 3_-by-24-inch cedar center bracket, get one\n- 3_-inch deck screws, get a 1-pound box\n- 2_-inch deck screws, get a 1-pound box\n- acrylic adhesive caulk, get one tube\n- _-inch wood plugs, get one package\n- solid-color acrylic exterior stain, get 1 gallon\n\nTools for How to Build a Garage Pergola:\n- clamps\n- combination square\n- 1-gallon paint can\n- jigsaw\n- 120-grit sandpaper\n- miter saw\n- 2_-inch sash brush\n- drill\/driver\n- _-inch combination countersink bit\n- _-inch bit\n- bit extender with flexible shaft\n- caulk gun\n- level\n- tape measure\n\u00a0\nBrackets: Port Orford cedar Original style end bracket, about $88, and Contemporary style center support, about $55, Auer-Jordan [http:\/\/arbororiginal.com\/].\n\nLooking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? 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