Deck, part 1

Since my deck needed refinishing, I decided to get rid of the ugly brown latex completely. This is what it looked like before:



I then spent a week paint removing, scraping, and sanding. On Thursday, a cold front moved in (finally!) and it's been raining on and off for days now, so now my deck project is on hiatus:



I'm sure I'll have more news on my deck later on this week (or next!).