![]() ![]() Composite decking stains easily and permanently from oil.(I’m not going to talk about exotic wood decks like Ipe, since so few people have them) Composite decking (especially Trex) is significantly more expensive than cedar or pressure-treated pine.The composite decking is more durable and will require less maintenance than a wood deck, however it is not without its drawbacks. ![]() Let’s start with a bird’s eye view…if that bird were perched atop an 8-foot stepladder.Īs a reminder, we built the deck with Trex composite decking boards. We spent all spring and half of the summer getting the deck just right.Īnd once I finished building our DIY Farmhouse Table, our deck was officially complete. The snow melted, and our eyes turned to the new deck.Ĭhairs, carpets, a big umbrella, an even bigger table, accessories, lights, bling and doodads out the wazoo! A promise of spring broken by gale-force Nor’Easters.Įventually Old Man Winter played his last hand and bowed out of the game for another six months.įair Lady Spring took over, and Handan and I emerged from our snow-bound captivity. The shortest month delivered the coldest days. We endured the Napoleonic tantrums of a petulant February. We lived through the lie of longer days in January that hinted at warmer weather but delivered naught but frosted misery. We watched as December froze solid and shattered into January. Instead, we sat through the long and cold winter and awaited spring. I could have called the post, Fall Fashions for the Autumn Deck, wherein I would model all the latest in lumberjock chic while lounging in oak leaves and nibbling on acorns. Unless, you know, you wanted to see pictures of us lounging by a cold and forgotten swimming pool in our long underwear sipping hot chocolate with numb fingers and frozen forced smiles. The deck could have been three toothpicks and a Band Aid, and we would have thought it was the Taj Mahal.īut a few years of neglect (seriously, what the hell did I know about maintaining a deck? I was busy enough learning how to maintain a house, a yard and a family!), and the deck looked like this:Īfter a long design phase and an even longer build phase (oh, the promises of a contractor! Two weeks stretched into three months!), our Trex composite deck was structurally finished last fall.īut the trees were bare and the pool was covered and a bitter nip ran through the air. Old Rotten Timbers looked pretty good when we moved in. Really, it started years ago with Handan’s wishful thinkings of a newer and bigger and better deck to replace Old Rotten Timbers, our previous deck. It’s been a loooooong road!īut before we begin, be sure to follow us on Pinterest, Facebook and Instagram, and also sign up for our email list (by clicking the subscribe button above), so you’ll never miss a post! The day of our Deck Reveal post has arrived! It’s time for the big deck reveal, so let’s see what all the fuss is about! It went over budget and way over schedule, but it’s all so worth it now! ![]()
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