The deck

If you wonder where have I disappeared last week... the answer is: in the backyard. Our deck has been due to re-build for a few good years, but springs and falls have been quite cold and rainy... and the summers - well, as some of you know, we are competitive trapshooters, so during the summers our weekends and sometimes weeks at end will find us in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ontario, New York, and Michigan, at various competitions. No proper time for a deck (who would stay at home to build their deck when they can go camping in beautiful Elysburg?!)

Long story short - with the long weekend approaching we thought we'll have enough time to finish it. Funny thing is - we finish it before the long weekend, as on Mother's Day my hubby didn't have to go to work (he works weekends only, lucky him)...

This is our Odyssey in lumber and stain:

The deck on the day when we took it apart (rotten and in really bad shape)

The old frame - we decided to pull off only the exterior area, the part next to the stairs goes right under an extension of the house... no need to shake anything that might get us into expensive troubles :)

Although it has been a beautiful addition, the tree-top table had to go, the roots of the old tree were all rotten and the table didn't go on its side because of extra growth, but because the stump started to fall off).

Our mini-techniqus child, using measuring tools - something he enjoys a lot!

Our beautiful son helped like an adult: he carried, he measured, he kept lumber in place, he even cut a few pieces, he screwed them down: you name it, he wanted to be a part of it.

Tadaaaa! We have a new deck!


And stained!

This was our adventure of about a week (well, really one full day and couple of hours every day for the rest of the week). We love it; I had requests of sleeping on the deck :)