our deck

Although it has been raining here a lot this week, the crew has managed to get one group of steps almost constructed. There will be a matching set on the other side. That's the dining room on the left; bedroom on the right.

Also on either side of the opening (that's the screen porch, folks), there will be two rain chains that will come down from the roof, through a hole in the deck and out these large black tubes into the swale that we are turning into a dry creek bed at the end of our yard. For those of you who know Yellow Springs, drainage is a BIG problem. Our village spends tons of time and money figuring out how to manage the water runoff properly. Lots of wet basements in this town.

We're in love with the rain chains which were "invented" in Japan. We're buying ours from rainchains.com. They look MUCH better then regular downspouts -- unless you can afford copper -- and will be part of the design. The deck itself is being made from Trex which is a green product that requires almost no maintenance.

We'll take some more photos tonight. It's not raining today so they might finish the other set of steps.

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