Goodbye Deck!!

Last month, Drew made a "management decision" as he calls it, and we tore down the deck last weekend. And when I say we, I mean, not me! I will decorate and furnish the deck and maybe help screw in deck boards...but that is probably about it. I am super excited about this project and I am VERY ready already for it to be finished. This is Drew's first BIG man project around the house, and he has decided to take it on himself along with whoever is willing to help - and whoever has tools, because admittedly we don't have ANY!!! Whoops!!

Another whoops....when we pulled down the deck, we found so so so much rotten wood new our bay window. It was one of those things that we discovered about the house on a day where everything else was going wrong too. Something was wrong with the fridge....and now that I am thinking about it, I can't remember all of the other things, but I do remember crying the kitchen that evening wondering if we would survive all of these expensive surprises that are thrown our way. Let me back up. The reason we needed a new deck in the first place was because it was actually detaching it self from the house, was 22yrs old, it wood was rotting, the list goes on. It was time. And other than replacing the floors and carpet in the entire house a week after we bought it, this is our first BIG project!! Here are some before pics and of the destruction:

My poor house!!! I am so glad we found a problem and are able to fix it rather than it sitting there rotten for ten more years!! Drew has until May 31st to finish this thing before I call someone to finish it for us!! I mean, I already bought all the new furniture for it!! So wish us luck and I will keep everyone updated - even though no one reads this thing. Ha!!