Home updates - Deck and patio

Another project we tackled around the house was re-doing our back deck and patio. When I say WE I mean CJ. His uncle UJ helped him with part of it and I helped with staining the wood, but for the most part he did the work himself.

The old deck was in complete disrepair from the time we bought the house. Warped and splintering, not to mention not level. CJ decided to replace most of the boards and while at it, he also added a few feet to it so the outdoor area is now bigger. Finally, we also decided to extend our paver walkway so that now it opens into a paver patio below the deck. This way we have a nice, large seating area on the deck and down below there is a nice spot for CJ's new grill and potentially a table where we can eat if we decide to have a meal outside. We don't have a table or chairs yet, but this is always an option.

We are waiting with completing the staining job until the wood has some time to dry and settle. It came from the store soaking wet and the weather has not been exactly perfect to boot. But this is what it looks like now.

Old deck... plus posts for the addition.

First of many loads of supplies.

 Old boards out, new base put in!

 Girls are inspecting progress...

 Lots of extra space now! The goal is to ultimately have the grill down on the patio.

 This is how much bigger the deck is now.

 Katherine approves...

 And the new patio goes in. This was built in a matter of ONE day! Those guys were good!

 Inspecting the progress...

 

 Et voila!

 And again - Katherine say 'good job!'