Stained The Deck

On a lovely October weekend, I got our deck stained. Finally. It's been a busy Fall for us so far. I thought I'd have more time once the kids went back to school. I had so many plans to take little breaks throughout my day to clean, organize, get into good habits. Chip away at projects. Instead the house is a mess, I'm disorganized to the point of chaos, zero projects have been accomplished.

Deck staining and drainage trench digging are our two "must do" projects this fall. So I'm relieved to have one of those checked off.

Here was the deck before. Not terrible, but the stain was worn off in the high traffic areas.

Morgan chewed the edge of the post last spring and I just about blew a gasket. I can't fix the damage but at least I can sand it down and camouflage it better with stain.

We cleared the deck, power washed the whole thing and then I lightly sanded the areas that needed it. Two coats of stain a few hours apart and things were looking MUCH better.

Staining the deck is definitely one of those boring things that has to be done. I'm just grateful that our deck is small so it's not an overwhelming job! And at least this looks A LOT nicer.