I Have a Big Deck

Yes, the deck is huge (according to Riley.) We've done most of the staining, although we're only doing one coat this Fall, then we'll hit it good again in the Spring. Ken is once again having me stain all of the post's individually, which means the exiting ones will come down. He says it looks better that way (it does,) and that it's easier to stain (he is so wrong.)

A portion of the posts I will have to remove and stain one by one.

Deck. Deck.

A carpenter suggested that we lay the boards in this pattern rather than basically demolishing our old deck to make the boards stagger in the same direction. We are pretty happy with the results and it doesn't look like we threw an imported deck right next to an existing one.

Assuming we're not completely destitute by next spring, we'd like to get a larger patio set so that we can actually eat as a family out there. We will be able to fit a table, chairs and a grill on the deck for a change! An added bonus? The kids think the deck is an oversized fort and no longer whine about our soon-to-disappear playset (which was used twice this summer - I counted.)