How to Recycle Your Old Deck Into Something New That You Love!
If your house has an old deck that's making the idea of getting outside less than exciting, consider recycling the wood and reworking it into something new that you love!
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With a little bit of imagination and a little bit of elbow grease, you can turn something that you hate into something grand that you'll want to celebrate!
This is what our deck used to look like....
Our house was fully wheelchair accessible once upon a time, so there was this really big ramp that stretched across the whole back of the house leading up to this deck and into the master bedroom back hall. (And no stairs!)
We really thought the wood was in horrible shape and that we'd need to buy new wood, but once we got started we realized we had more than enough good wood to do what we wanted, and then some!
We really wanted a comfortable to spot to sit out on the deck, but we also wanted to be able to walk without interruption from the back door to the stairs.
There was really no good place to put the BBQ, so we came up with a pretty fun solution.
Changing out the railings from that tired-looking old lattice really made a big difference. [Hey! See those black faux shutters? Learn how to get that look here!]
The last thing we did before adding in the fun pretty stuff is give it a good wash with some deck wash and a quick coat of waterproofing deck stain.
And now our old deck is fresh as a daisy!
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Good thinking and great job
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Thank you Katherine!
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Nicely done
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Thanks Lisa!
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