Our back deck that we affectionately nicknamed "Sundance" during the building process since it sure started looking more lodge-like than the simple-modern we were going for in the designing process. But this is what we ended up with and we LOVE it.
I'm not sure the last time I talked about how we managed to transform it on this blog. I know I talked about it back HERE, and again HERE, but maybe there was a time after that? I don't know. But we managed to get here with the ceiling:We cut out the extra beams that went up diagonally here so that it had a more simple look:
...and picking stone for the pillars:
I didn't want this to look "cave-like" and dark, so we were trying to brighten it up any way we could get it.
Thought about this look, but it didn't feel quite right...
So we decided on a white wash on all that orange-ish wood:
Painted the stucco:
Tried a bunch of different colors and paint strengths for that wood:
First try:
This was the winner for up there:
Here it is kind of cleaned up:
Fireplace going in:
Flooring going in:
Lots of painstaking decisions went into each part of this that I will refrain from boring you with...
All coming together:
...only to have to be torn apart again to get water to where we wanted the plants:
But that's ok, because look how it turned out:
We've enjoyed that thing so much, and used it for so many events.
Here it is with a little furniture added:
There we go:
Love that something like a "Sundance mistake" can turn out to be something we love so much.
Isn't that how so much of life is if we stand back and really examine it?