Front Deck

When we bought our house we knew someday we’d build a big deck on the front for porch sitting. It’s one of our favorite things to do. 

We didn’t realize that dream would come true just 3 years later! The front stoop was a horrible mess, slowly falling toward the house, and clearly not worth fixing. 





Our neighbor down the street builds decks out of red cedar from the Valentine, NE area. It’s beautiful and smells amazing. 

Neighbors walked by and stopped to chat, our next door neighbors spent a few hours with us enjoying the project and giving us great advice on what to seal the deck with and how to sand the railings first. 

The guys spent 8 days building our dream and entertaining the boys with all the woodworking. Our daily routine changed for that week. We were outside by 8am for a few hours, went inside for lunch and quiet time, then back outside to watch them work. The guys were happy that they didn’t have to pick up a single thing each day because the boys took it upon themselves to keep the work site very tidy. They love playing with wood scraps in the mud area and needed more pieces to complete their wood/mud fence they’ve been building all summer. 

Logan painted the shingles that were replaced, and he will seal the deck now that it’s completed. 

New light fixtures, big flower pots on either sides of the steps, and a new color for the shutters…then we’re done!