25 August 2011

Our House: The Back Deck

One of my biggest regrets of the summer is that we were too busy to fix up our back deck. Summer is basically over and we haven't spent any time out there.

Here's what it looks like now. It's a big honkin' mess.






We need to weed the crap out of the surrounding areas (we're going to put a vegetable garden in there next year). We have to sweep all the pine needles off of it, haul all of the junk to the curb, pressure wash the wood, and re-seal it.



The furniture was left there by my mother. She inherited those chairs from my grandparents; they're from the 1940's. I think that they are amazing and I want to refinish them. I found this before and after on Design Sponge for the same exact chairs - check it out - but my mother claims that ours are so rusted out that they'll just disintegrate when we try to sand them down. I'm not sure, though. I think I need to consult an expert.

That old grill was left here by my mom as well, and it doesn't work anymore, so we just need to drag it to the curb and replace it with a nice one.

So here are my plans.


Whaddaya think?