They started to take deck off, mostly because it has to be done to start this remodel and because we want to reuse/repurpose the wood for another deck Mike is building in Independence BUT it also keeps those pesky Coons off it! Kind of satisfying!

Well we’ve finally started on the remodel….barely. SO far we’ve started on the deck, pulling old carpet and taking down some cedar trees from our cedar forest off to the south. Next weekend we are cutting down 20 trees (Mike promises we will still have hundreds left) from our cedar forest so we can peel the bark off (it’s much easier to peel the bark when they are freshly cut down, the bark comes off in long strips and exposes the beautiful tree underneath).

Let the fun begin!