hammer and nails

For part of our wedding registry, Mitch and I requested Home Depot gift cards because we wanted to build a deck on the back of our house. Not having any experience in building decks (or building anything really), we for some reason thought that this would be a cinch. Or maybe I thought it would be, and Mitch secretly dreaded the idea! Well, we began receiving the gift cards in around March, and we did not break the soil under the future deck until August! That's how long we have put it off! - partly because it's too stinking hot to even take a breath outside, but mostly because we had no idea how to make a deck plan.

We have commenced the deck-building journey, and I now have a new appreciation for construction workers. We're hoping to be finished at least by the end of the month so that we can fully enjoy it as the weather cools down!