the DECK

wt's labor of love.  he used the wood from the old deck to build the foundation and thought it would only take him a weekend to face.  he is cute.  this deck took all of last summer.  drill bits galore.  this thing is legit.  next earthquake, i am running outside onto the deck. he reinforced the sh*t out of it.  i think our house is sitting on less foundation than the deck is. 

saved money by breaking up the concrete himself

this thing is BIG.  1000 sq feet of deck. it is the entire length of our house.  hence the time commitment.  one row took him like an hour.  seriously, we could have a small wedding out there.

this thing would have been expensive (if walker didn't do all the work).  he couldn't just go to home depot or a lumber yard and get regular wood.  he had to get Brazilian iron wood "maranti" bla bla bla from a lumber broker - yes they do exist for residential projects.  he used the discount line on me again.  and a new one, a sustainability line..."bubs, this deck will last 100 years, if i use normal wood, someone will have to rebuild - waste of materials." really? i don't give a flying F about someone 50 years from now using materials to build a new deck.  however, i appreciate his efforts in improving his selling skillz.

i like his go big or go home tude when it comes to getting me gifts and pulling weeds.  but now, when it comes to this house it makes me want to burn his hands.   we are on the same page - but if left alone he will knock down another wall and build a laundry room of marble and diamonds. not blood diamonds, just diamonds.

and of course, like anything he has done, it is perfect and clean and impressive and really really cool. damn.