Remember My Deck

My deck is approx. 16 feet wide x 75 feet long. It goes from one end of our house to the other with stairs that lead to the concrete. In the very center of this is a 14 x 17 ft. screened in porch. This is our old fan on our screened in porch.
This is our new fan. Isn't it gorgeous?

This is the deck after getting it pressure washed so we could get it ready to stain.

This old part looks almost blue in this picture but it is really more brown.

This is before it was pressure washed.

The guy that is doing this work for us. We call him Craig Greg because we don't know which it is. So we call him both names. He is a great worker. He doesn't get in a hurry though but he does it right. He brushed most of this stain on our deck. One day I went out and asked him why he didn't roll it on and he said because you have to get down in the cracks or the wood will split. Most people would just do it the easy way. He did roll a little but went between each crack with a brush. He is an example of "do it with all your might." This is what I have always taught my children that no matter what you do in life, do the best you can. My oldest GD and I had this conversation the other day and I told her that it doesn't matter if you are the president of a company or sweep the floors, just be the best that you can be at whatever you do.

Here you can see where he has stained and where he hasn't. Another thing I noticed about him is he hammered any nail that he saw coming up. We have had workers that would never think to do that. He knows how to do it right.

I promise this stain is a chocolate brown but the picture sure don't look like it.

The old church bench has been pressure washed and is ready to stain but we had to send Craig Greg over to the "Love Shack" to work.

It looks so pretty with my furniture on the deck. You can also see my pretty new doors.

Here you can see the other door on the other side of the screened in porch.

Craig Greg also pressure washed the picnic table so whenever he gets through over at the "Love Shack" he will stain this. Do you see all of the solar lights that my husband put on the railing of the deck. You ought to see it at night. It is so pretty.

I was hoping to get a hummingbird at the feeder but just missed it.

I only have 4 this year.

This is in the corner of one side of the deck. Do you think I have enough seating out here. I was counting my tables and chairs and I could seat 16 people at tables on my deck and screened in porch. That is not counting all the loungers, rockers, gliders, church bench and chairs that I have sitting around. Sounds like I need to have a party out here when it cools off. I just wanted you to see how pretty my deck is since it has been stained. I love it!