Our first major home project

Since we've moved into our house we knew we would eventually need to update our deck. The deck was awesome but definitely had to date back to the 70's or 80's. We threw a party a year or so ago and all of the girls heels were breaking through the wood and by the end of the party there were holes everywhere. It was just rotted out and time to go. We got several ridiculous quotes over the last year or so and finally found a contractor that would do it for us at a reasonable (okay dirt cheap) cost. We'd already priced the wood ourselves so we knew we were getting a more than fair deal here. We still have several more projects to go around the house until it's just like we want it, but getting the deck done is a huge accomplishment for us!

After ripping up all of the top portion we found that most of the deck underneath was in great shape! We replaced a few beams and support boards, but other than that it had done very well over the years.

I was sure we were going to find all kinds of dead animals under there, but all we found were a few possum skeletons. bummer.

Anywho...take a look at our before and after pictures (minus the staining of course):