We've got Garapa

Not Grappa.... that's an Italian liquor! 

 

But now that I think of it, 

we could've used a giant bottle of Grappa 

to smooth the edge of a stressful homebuilding hiccup

that happened over the weekend!  :) 

But no being negative.....

Here's a toast to something positive!  

The temporary decking is gone and we get to ogle our new Garapa deck boards!!

 

I was never tempted by the manmade vinyls, Trex etc

and I'd had my fill of splintery pressure treated wood 

that needs to be regularly sealed and stained. 

Garapa is a Brazilian hardwood

 and though it can be sealed to maintain the honey brown color, 

we'll be letting it weather naturally

and eventually it'll turn silver gray. 

I sort of wish that I had the motivation, 

and energy to try and maintain the honey color, 

but life's too short to be routinely sanding and schlepping sealer 

on several hundred feet of deck boards.

So gray it will be!

North Corner.... Awaiting the stairs

In the forums of my favorite online website for home advice, Gardenweb, 

the name that came up most often as the "go-to" guy 

for hardwood decking was 

George the owner of East Teak Hardwoods. 

 

We had a pretty big order and there were little to no "bad" boards, 

so East Teak was a Gardenweb winner!

 

Who's coming to visit and share a cup or glass of something on the veranda? 

 

I promise I'll have railings one of these days!