Outside

I am playing My Place and Yours: Outside from over at Vics this week. 

We did this deck renovation last year and I have been meaning to show you since I took these photos when we finished it. We have been talking about doing this renovation since we bought this house 8 years ago. This is how it use to look.  Oh how we disliked that window!!

It took us so long to do as we wanted to do  it right. We wanted to use locally grown and milled hardwood timber - not cheap stuff imported from Indonesia. We wanted it to be an outside room, with ceiling fans and lights and insulation and a nice roof.

 We wanted the bannister to be wide enough to rest a drink on. 

 We wanted a big wooden heavy door and a sliding screen to as I don't know how people can live here without screens- too many bugs. 

We wanted to have a few pieces of furniture but not have it filled to the brim with day beds and hammocks. 

You know who loves that swinging chair? I call it my nest. It is so comfy. 

 We also fixed the old adjoining deck we hardly used. It was not fully covered by the roof and the wood was rotting, we never used it - it wasn't nice. 

The new deck is 30 square metres and the old deck is about the same. The outside is almost as big as the inside now. 

How cute are the mushrooms? They are heavy ceramic and I love them so much. 

Next step will be rendering. We have bought 6 colour samples now we just need to argue about decide on the colour. There is one thing I haven't shown you about the deck as it's not quite finished yet.... I will show you when its done. 

We love it so much. It just feels so huge now - it has changed the whole feel of the house. 

Plus now are even closer to the big gum tree we have always loved. 

If you want to join in pop over the the MPAY hosts house. 

 and if you would like a chance to win a Pixel rose cushion pop over here today!