Deck it out

This week's focus has been on the kitchen and laundry room in our house, but I wanted to give you a quick update on our deck. As I explained in a previous post, during the inspection process on our house, we discovered major, major issues with the deck structure -- as in, it was a miracle it was still been standing based on how poorly it was constructed -- and had to call on a contractor to quickly get things up-to-code.

While we were at it, we decided to go ahead and have our contractor do a bit of a redesign on the deck since it was the perfect opportunity. Because we already have a covered screen porch, we decided to open up the deck by removing the pergola covering to allow for more light. We also chose to go from two sets of stairs to one, central staircase leading straight down to the pool, and amp up the heftiness of the railings. The rotting trellis around the sides of the deck were also removed.

Before construction:

 

Photos taken after railing and pergola demo:

Photos taken after new railings and stairs were installed, and trellis was removed. Our contractor also built us custom gates for the deck at the top of the stairs. 

The gates are designed that one or both can be open or closed at a time.

The next step for the deck is to replace all of rotting floor boards. Thanks to a wonderful 20% off discount at Home Depot this past weekend, we were able to purchase all of our needed lumber for this project at an incredible price. This is a project Chris has decided to take upon himself, and is looking forward to tackling next weekend.

I look forward to sharing some updates on our kitchen and laundry room progress later this week as well.   As always, stay tuned, and have a beautiful and blessed day! :)