I've been hard at work trying to maintain my commitment to deck maintenance discipline.  I don't want to just flush all of the hard prep work I did this past summer down the drain due to lack of upkeep.

So far this year I give myself an A on leaf …

After a stunner of a summer with really no rain to speak of, I finally got on my deferred deck maintenance.  Although the photographic and blog evidence doesn't lie, I am astounded to realize that the last time I stained the deck was just about exactly two years ago.

I …

As we close out the summer, I realize that if this summer was to have a theme for me it would be "the summer of the deck."

We had an ipe deck built for our 10th wedding anniversary present to ourselves.  That was 12 years ago.  "You can just let …

I just finished a small home improvement project:  putting an 8 foot shelf and closet rod in Cathy's closet.  It was a big upgrade for her clothing storage efficacy.

Now I am in the cleanup phase, putting all of the shop back into as much order as it ever gets …