Deck

My deck was in rough, rough shape. I wasn't sure if it was salvageable. My neighbor told me that it wasn't been stained or taken care of in way shape or form since it was put up. She said it was somewhere around 12 or 13 years ago that they put it up, which I believed. It didn't look very good.

So, after the door was installed, I figured that it needed some work. I started staining it around noon on a Saturday in June. And I didn't finish until just after 9:30. Luckily it was one of the longer days of the year so I had plenty of daylight. Although it was already dark by the time I finished. It was a hard, hard day of work. But I think it was worth it. Here's what it looks like now.

Big improvement, right? The big addition, besides the stain... was the deck swing. I always wanted one, and I got one. In fact, sometimes I even use it. Grill was there for over a year, but that was a good addition last summer. Also the flower pot, which I enjoy having there.

So that about covers most of the work I did on the house this year. I also added some stuff in the bedroom, changed out all the blinds/curtains but that's not worthy of a post. I also repainted my entire bathroom but I didn't even take pictures of that... it's a bathroom. Nothing to see really. New house... same as the old house. Just a little nicer.