First party on the new deck!

We had a few friends over last night for our first party on the new deck.  It was a last minute get-together to celebrate the end of our indoor soccer season (even though it ended like 2 months ago).  It was a simple affair with pizza, salad, soda in our metal planters turned ice tubs, and root beer floats for dessert.  We discovered that Wesley, the boy who will eat nothing, loves pizza and ate an entire slice himself...big boy style.  That's just how he rolls.  We also discovered that the deck is a perfect party place and our farmhouse table worked perfectly!

oh, did you spot the sandbox?  More details to come...

For now, enjoy this video of wesley eating his pizza.

DIY Farmhouse Table

Here is the tutorial for the awesome farmhouse table Jeff created.  Remember the raised gardens Jeff built and then destroyed to build the deck?  Well, he reused the cedar planks from the planters to make this table.  Those planks originally were from a storage shed Jeff took down in our backyard a long time ago, so these planks are actually being reused twice.  How's that for being green?

*correction here.  Your joists shoul dbe screwed in at 25 inches on center.  So the center of your joist should be at 25 inches.  Your last one will be short, but that's ok.

You will likely have to cut down your last row of planks like we did. 

Let me know if you have any questions!