Home Exterior Design: 8 ways to use your newly repaired deck

What do you see when you look out your sliding door? Do you see a deck that is ready to party or one that stands sadly in need of repair and some quality time with a pressure washer? As summer approaches, the smell of grilled burgers and freshly cut grass is wafting through your Connecticut windows and your thoughts wander to spending lazy afternoons in the sun with a book or tending your container garden. However, a damaged or faded deck can stop these summer visions before they start and we do not want that to happen.

So, to inspire you to action, here are ten home exterior design and activity ideas that you can use your soon to be pristine deck for:

Neighborhood Round Up

How many of your neighbors do you know by name? Are there any you feel comfortable borrowing a cup of sugar from or do you simply exchange awkward hellos by the mailbox? Use your freshly repaired deck to change all that by hosting a neighborhood potluck, creating connection and community with those you live closest to.

Mother’s Day Brunch

Instead of booking a table at a nearby restaurant, spoil mom with mimosas and fritatta at your place. She will love the personal touch and you will enjoy showing off your new deck paint. For an added personal touch, adorn the table with a centerpiece collected from your backyard garden.

Graduation Get Together

Do you know a grad who stands in need of celebration? Do not just send them the requisite card full of cash. Invite them over and fire up the grill! Share your college stories and ramen recipes in person, reminding them that as they head off on their own, you still have their back.

Swing Set Supervisor

There is no better vantage point for keeping an eye on backyard play than your deck or back patio. This way you can be ready with your camera and some band-aids, depending on what the situation calls for.

Container Garden

Rather than purchasing cherry tomatoes at the grocery store or local Connecticut farmer’s market, try your hand at growing them yourself. The climbing vines of your herbs and tomatoes will be a fragrant and lovely addition to your home’s exterior paint.

Book Club

Share your love for a great summer novel by hosting book club al fresco at your place. Your friends can check out your new deck paint and perhaps even help you decide on a new exterior paint for your front door.

Play Group

Stock up on some bubbles and popsicles and call your mom friends over for a play date. Your kids can safely scamper barefoot across your newly repaired deck while their moms swap stories and summer survival advice.

Bird Watching

Familiarize yourself with your local fauna by doing a little bird watching from your back deck. Bird baths and feeders make a lovely addition to your home exterior design. Check out a book on native birds at your local Connecticut library to enhance your new hobby.