Wooden Deck Design Ideas

My wife and I love watching home hunting shows on TV. It’s fun checking out the homes and watching people go through the home-buying decision-making process.
I’ve watched so many of cost of structural wood beam these shows that I’m able to guess what people will say as they enter rooms. One kick I get is watching people enter a home’s deck or balcony … 8 times out of 10 somebody will say “imagine having coffee here in the morning” and/or “imagine having a glass of wine here at the end of the day.”Without fail, decks, patios and balconies conjure up a romantic combination of composite and pressure treated deckingnotion of relaxation and serenity… and for good reason. The fact there is no finer way to start the day than a cup of coffee on a deck as the sun rises or ending the day with a cool beverage as the sun lowers.And so it’s with the coffee in the morning and wine at night cliché that we present to you our epic collection of 68 photographs of inspirational wooden decks of all sizes, locations, shapes, sizes and wood-types to help you generate deck design ideas for your outdoor sanctuary.Oh yeah, before we get to the eye candy, I just want to point out prefab outdoor stairs that there are subtle differences between decks and patios. Decks are typically not built directly on the earth and are generally built of wood. While the line between a deck and patio is sometimes blurred, we do our best to provide pictures of what are technically wooden decks.