Pergolas Make The Perfect Father’s Day Gift For The Outdoorsy Dad

It’s father’s day, the one day of the year specially marked to celebrate the relationship between fathers and their children. And the best way to honor and toast this special day is with a gift. 

As always, we want our gifts to important people in our lives to be thoughtful and special. Often, we overthink it and wait until the last minute to buy the gift. But if your father is the outdoorsy type (all the fathers we know are), we have the perfect gift to save father’s day for you.

A pergola will make the perfect father’s day gift.

Pergolas Are The Perfect Excuse To Spend Time Outdoors

As we get older, we naturally get contemplative and frequently prefer the peace and serenity of the outdoors. Fathers in particular often escape to the quiet seclusion of their backyards. This makes a pergola the ideal gift for an outdoorsy father.

Help him entertain like a boss

A pergola will give your dad some outdoor living space and the perfect opportunity to show off cherished tools. Think of that grill he loves to bring out when he invites his mates over. Add a few chairs and cushions for comfortable seating, and he has something akin to an outdoor man cave.

With an investment in a few more braai tools and furniture, your dad’s pergola will be his own kitchen, where he can call the shots. 

A sheltered space from which to enjoy his garden

On the days he just wants to sit and enjoy his drink without company, your pergola gift will be the place your father thinks to escape to. 

Does your father have a green thumb?

We will assume the answer is yes. Of which you will know he enjoys nothing more than tending his green patch. If he is retired, you bet he spends most of his time out there nursing seedlings, planting, pulling weeds, pruning, trellising his plants, and fighting pests. 

In between all the grunt work, which we are sure is anything but that for him, your father is seating somewhere comfortable enjoying the fruit of his sweat. Why not give him a space he can enjoy sitting in? 

As far as gift ideas for one who enjoys the outdoors go, pergolas are the bees’ knees.

A pergola is a relatively affordable gift to spoil your dad with. If you choose Jay’s Fencing as your contractor, it is very quick to build, too. We can have it up in a few hours. 

To surprise him, create a distraction by taking your dad out for a meal at his favorite restaurant. If he assumes it, let him believe the meal treat is his father’s day gift. He will want to appear grateful and take his time enjoying the meal. All the while we are finessing his real gift. 

But, what if he already has a pergola at his home?

What To Gift A Father Who Already Owns A Pergola?

Thankfully, there are many things you can do to dress up and furnish the pergola to suit your dad’s tastes and improve its functionality. You can dress it up to add more shade and make it more livable. 

If it’s looking dated, sanding, staining, and resealing it will give it a new lease of life. Basically, though,  you want to update it to make it more inviting and feel like home.

Cool the pergola with latticed wooden curtains

Adding timber lattice curtains will bring a bit more privacy and add shade to the pergola without blocking the view of the garden. It isn’t too pretty to make the space less manly than your father may prefer. 

If your dad chooses to, the latticed sides will also provide a perfect trellis on which to train climbing plants he may want to grow to add even more shade to the pergola. Fastening a removable awning is another cool idea that adds shade and cools down the pergola in the hot summer heat.

Add more seating space with a swing bench

Help your dad reminisce about his childhood days, perhaps with his grandkids for company, by outfitting his pergola with a swing wooden bench. A good woodshop can fashion one with chains. 

A swing bench provides comfortable seating for him to enjoy some company, or to lose himself in a good book if he prefers that. It is a playful yet thoughtful gift that your old man will appreciate. 

Light it up for night use

If he likes to entertain, adding some lighting (a rustic chandelier is a fun idea) and a dining table will turn your outdoorsy dad’s pergola into an alfresco sanctuary. It will allow him to host intimate dinners outside.

We can think of many other ways to add shade, function, and style and make your father’s pergola the perfect nook for lounging and entertaining. Plants, for example, add life to any space, so hanging a few planters around the pergola is always a thoughtful idea.

Gift Your Dad Something He Will Actually Use 

Your father will likely receive a lot of gifts from all the loved ones in his life. Some of these gifts will inevitably not be used that much. But yours will be because he can’t ignore it. It is right there in his face every time he steps out of the house.

Pergolas are bang on trend as well. They are an easy way to accent your backyard and expand your father’s living space and a great way to add value and beauty to any property. 

For a dad who loves to cozy up in his backyard, especially in this age of social distancing, a pergola makes a fabulous present to gift and celebrate your dad this father’s day.

Now that you have the perfect father’s day gift idea, who will build this pergola?

Jay’s Fencing is an experienced designer and builder of pergolas, arbors, and other outdoor structures. Let us build this pergola and help bring a smile to your dad’s face this father’s day. Contact us here to flesh out your pergola design ideas and bring it to life.