Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Building a deck

Our side yard has come a long way since we bought the house 5 years ago. We have slowly made it more our style and more functional.

Lets start at the beginning, shall we.

When we first bought the house back in April of 2009 there was a giant overgrown honeysuckle attached to the fence, a pointless stone pathway and a lot of gravel.


2011 we removed the honeysuckle, stone path and started moving gravel.

2012 we removed the wall when we filled in the pool.

2013 we added our garden.

2014 we added a big 200 square foot deck.

We also added some ranch rocks and more flowers.

We still have a lot to do to finish this deck but it is starting to come together. We are going to be adding a roof, a grilling station, a built in bench and we are going to redo our gate and fence section at the end. Also, on the to-do list is to build an 8ft table and possibly a sofa. Things are finally looking nice on that side of the house to match the beautiful courtyard.