New Deck!

Today is new deck day!

Alain and I have been dreaming about this day since the dark days of winter.

Our current deck, which is as old as the house and was never properly weatherized, is falling apart. It's also bigger than we would have liked and we're pretty sure it was hastily constructed to begin with.

Alain and I have had big plans for a new deck, all nicely stained to match our fence and with stairs off the corner opening into the yard (and maybe eventually a nice cobblestone patio).

And today is the day!

Alain's brother Richard and his friend Charles are coming over to help and by the end of the day we should have a new (smaller and much prettier) deck.

Here are some photos of what we have now, I'll update as soon as possible with the new deck.

The OLD deck has seen better days... Even with repairs done last year, the steps were collapsing and the old floor planks were lifting. I think we're doing this just in time!