On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:22:06 -0700, "W"
wrote:

I am looking for an extremely simple design for an arbor shade for various
points around a house. One idea I had was to put up a single pole at each
end with a cross beam, and then put supporting beams at the far ends of each
crossbeam to the other pole's crossbeam. Then I could roll over that
structure any kind of shading, maybe using some very simple wood beams
attached to each other by rope. Does any vendor sell this kind of
structure as a kit / system?


Norm Abrams has an arbor design in one of his woodworking books. A
lot of arbors have the design on the ends of the top end rails, some
elaborate with carvings of animals.