Woe to WOW Smart Deck Transformation
by
Adele Kurtz
(IC: homeowner)
5 Materials
Major UGLY! The deck fence blocked our pretty views. And you had to maneuver an obstacle course of steps to get to the kitchen-garden entry to our country home.
Goofy concrete stairs, poor planning, yikes! All this just HAD TO GO!
Plus we had a very low budget. Thankfully, we're high on Creativity!
Goofy concrete stairs, poor planning, yikes! All this just HAD TO GO!
Plus we had a very low budget. Thankfully, we're high on Creativity!
FIRST: We needed to rethink traffic navigation. Stairs were ridiculous. Varying levels more attractive if handled correctly. One short step down ok. One short step up ok. I didn't want to remove the old posts and deck. The stairs definitely needed to go.
Told myself to THINK OVERSIZED, out of the box, and VARY the ANGLES. I opened up the whole feeling by cutting the lumber larger than the area provided and letting it jut over like a FLOATING PLATFORM.
Here's a later picture showing how the sheet metal is beginning too age into the same colors as the also-aging wood.
We also made a pergola to the side of the new deck, overlapping a slate patio. Angled the top of the pergola as well & varied it's stack. I did not want to stare through a solid column, so we drilled holes into the rough cedar posts and used the sucker rods there too. See details below.
I love that I thought to make a little corner -- perfect for a good bottle of red -- or a beer if you prefer.
Here's a later view of that same garden planted... The slate Thing to the left is a water feature I built years ago that I converted the following year into an herb & succulent garden.
Here it is again, one month apart, side by side. Before Spring planting. We absolutely LOVE the transformation. Saved a bundle too!
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Suggested materials:
- Redwood lumber (lumber yard)
- Rough cedar posts (lumber yard)
- Oil well sucker rods (recycler)
- Sheet metal (sheet metal fabricator cut to size)
- Copper post tops
Published September 28th, 2016 11:21 AM
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Lily Schlender on Jan 06, 2017beautiful ! with a jem like this why would you want or need a 2nd home? : ) great views looks so relaxing.
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Carol Cole on Apr 07, 2019
Beautiful job, well done. really love it.
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