Over the past 2 years we’ve done a fair amount to the backyard but there’s still a lot of room for improvement.  We’ve focused on structural things like removing the old extension, bricking up the old second floor door and replacing it with a window, building a new two-tier deck, adding new double doors with […]

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We’ve spent a lot of time this summer building out the back deck. It’s been a big job and we have been lucky to have lots of support from our friends - especially Ben.

Anke has always wanted to add a lower section so we said why not? It made a lot of sense […]

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Over the last couple of weeks we have finished the main part of the deck and had the mason and window guys finish up the back wall of the house. It’s definitely looking better!

We’re going to add soil and plants to the planter and build a small lower deck to finish everything off.

A huge […]

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Another good day of work on the back deck. We finished cladding the planter in cedar and began work on the lower walls that run beside the stairs.

We have one more full day of work at least. Here are a couple of photos:

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Well the wood finally arrived and we’ve now made some progress on the back deck.

Here are some photos of the new side walls that we constructed tonight. We played a lot with the spacing of the upper boards to make sure that we had enough privacy yet left enough room for the leaves and […]

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