The Deck - Before and After

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Anyway, you get the idea, right? Remember the drawings of the deck? Well, now they look the same. Mission accomplished!

Our next project will be to get some nice outdoor furniture like in the drawings and it will be complete. I wanted to post these photos before the weather turned ugly because fall has come so quickly this year. One day it was summer, the next day it was winter! But we've been enjoying our deck most the summer even though it hasn't been completely finished.

Remember when our visitors came in August and we had to use the deck as our living room and a make-shift bedroom? It worked out really well, actually.

The kids didn't mind it at all! (and neither did we!)

The best part about our deck is that the barbecue is so close to our kitchen now, just steps away.

We used it a lot when Nick was home from Japan, cooking all his favorite recipes. We've only had one big party at our house to use the deck and it unfortunately was not a very nice day but people did venture out there a bit to check it out.

Again, you can see how convenient it is to the food and kitchen with easy access to go right out there if you want.

Before, we had so much wasted space in our backyard that nobody used. Although it was a lovely space, everyone wanted to be up on the tiny deck.

Now, no wasted space. It's all deck.

We couldn't be happier. I can't wait until next summer when we can really make full use of it. It will be our wonderful outdoor living space.

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