Exciting...

Hopefully by next weekend we'll have a new deck. Jason (Bald Eagle Builders) came out yesterday and told us that they're planning on putting the footings in starting tomorrow and then it should be ~4 days before they are done. Can you believe it? 4 days!

The design of the deck fairly basic - it will be tucked between the house and the sunroom with a wide set of stairs going off the west end of the deck into the yard. We really liked that feature from our last deck so we were hoping to incorporate into this one as well. I think the dimensions will be about 14 x 20 - so a little smaller than our last one but still a really nice size.

In other news we also met with Eric (Forestland Nurseries & Landscaping) to talk about landscaping ideas for the front of the house. We're planning on doing the work ourselves but it was really nice to talk through some ideas with him. This weekend we'll be heading to his nursery in Forest Lake to look at plants and get a better plan in place. There's a lot of work to do but once it's done I think everything is going to look really beautiful. At least I (& all the neighbors) hope so.