The Case for Not Doing It All: Hiring Out the Deck?s Paint Job
Earlier this summer, we tore down a massive, scary and unsafe 3-story deck on the back of our home. It was replaced with an extra wide set of pressure-treated wood stairs, which has been everything we hoped it would be – a warm welcome to the backyard, inside to outside flow and, maybe our favorite […]
Earlier this summer, we tore down a massive, scary and unsafe 3-story deck on the back of our home. It was replaced with an extra wide set of pressure-treated wood stairs, which has been everything we hoped it would be – a warm welcome to the backyard, inside to outside flow and, maybe our favorite part, a great perch for stadium-like seating. Once the green wood had dried out enough (thank you, hot summer!), our plan all along was to stain the deck treads a medium grey, and the railings would be bright white. As a reminder, here’s where we were post-demo, pre-finish:
And now, it looks like this!
But you know what" We didn’t paint or stain these stairs ourselves. Although to be fair, we did attempt to do this on our own. Twice.
We stained our front porch, after all! It was a job we didn’t enjoy, but we did it. It took us several days and a lot of patience, but again I say, we did it! So on a warm fall weekend, we threw on our painting clothes, and we began the tedious task of taping off the house, sliding doors, planters, the fence, the gravel below and the entire patio of pavers. Why" Because we learned that painting those r...
Earlier this summer, we tore down a massive, scary and unsafe 3-story deck on the back of our home. It was replaced with an extra wide set of pressure-treated wood stairs, which has been everything we hoped it would be – a warm welcome to the backyard, inside to outside flow and, maybe our favorite part, a great perch for stadium-like seating. Once the green wood had dried out enough (thank you, hot summer!), our plan all along was to stain the deck treads a medium grey, and the railings would be bright white. As a reminder, here’s where we were post-demo, pre-finish:
And now, it looks like this!
But you know what" We didn’t paint or stain these stairs ourselves. Although to be fair, we did attempt to do this on our own. Twice.
We stained our front porch, after all! It was a job we didn’t enjoy, but we did it. It took us several days and a lot of patience, but again I say, we did it! So on a warm fall weekend, we threw on our painting clothes, and we began the tedious task of taping off the house, sliding doors, planters, the fence, the gravel below and the entire patio of pavers. Why" Because we learned that painting those r...
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