Thursday, September 12, 2013

6 YEARS IN THE MAKING: DECK COMPLETE




I posted a couple of months ago (here) about our six years in the waiting project, our deck.  I am here to report that it is finally finished.  Our son Dustin along with hubby Jim built this off the back of the house.  Although projects usually take longer than expected and more money than budgeted this one didn't do too bad.  Of course if I had my way it would have been done in half the time and for half as much money but who am I kidding?  I live in the real world.

 
 
THIS IS THE UPPER LEVEL WHICH IS 10'X10' AND WHERE I PLAN ON PUTTING THE BARBEQUE.



THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE UPPER DECK ONTO THE LOWER PART.
The deck is on the south side of the house so it gets sun pretty much all day, that is why we have the dining canopy over the table.

 
This is the view from east to west.


 We can't forget this little cutie pie.  She spent lots of time here while her daddy worked on the deck.

 
The view from the yard
 
Another view from the back of the yard
 
 
Here is the view from the other end

Now hopefully we will get a nice long Indian summer so we can enjoy it before the rains set in.

NEXT PROJECT: Planting flowers and shrubs around the base of the deck but that will have to wait until next year.

5 comments:

Patricia said...

Oh wow, what a beautiful project.
I hope you enjoy your wonderful new deck for many rain free days to come this fall. Flowerbeds around the perimeter sounds absolutely perfect.

Saimi said...

Oh Connie it's lovely!!! Wow, totally worth the wait - I foresee lots and lots of eating, relaxing and taking in all the beautiful flowers.

Nice work!!! i love it!!!

Lori said...

It turned out beautifully!! What a great place to enjoy the view of your beautiful yard.

Welcome to the Garden of Egan said...

That is a beautiful deck.
I bet you LOVE it so much. I wouldn't be anywhere else. I can see you sitting on the deck with ice cold lemonade reading a book!

retrorevival.biz said...

Wow! It looks so great!