Aetherthe wrote:
Thank you! I am trying my hand at barns and recreating my brother's farm and the gambrel roof is just what I was failing to do right. So you fixed that issue with this and your other posts/tutorials! "Thanks, Thanks, and ever Thanks..." (maybe shakespere, I'm misquoting?)
You are so erudite and I enjoy your elegant writing style.
...pardon my bad spelling and stuttering, I am so out of practice at writing much nowadays. So for the dumb question... How does one make a realistic pergola on top of this roof? ...is that even the right term for it? ...the small short "box" structure atop the traditional barn roof on which sits a weathervane...acts usually a vent and/or skylight...
Thanks again
Aetherthe, you'll have to make sure you have enough floors left to enable another box structure (walls) poking through your gambrel roof. Then simply top that with a simple hip roof and weathervane. Cover the walls with a pattern that suggests vents.
http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/56734/56734,1184624988,4/stock-photo-barn-roof-with-weather-vane-3909073.jpg
Hope that helps,
Kirk
