

My saved pin had horizontal boards behind the deck posts and they were stained the same color as the deck. As always, I found my inspiration on Pinterest. I really don’t like the look of lattice panels most people use. So as you can see, besides the grill and umbrella, I also have drying wood stumps stored under the deck. And also, since I was the one stacking the stumps, not too far to carry from where they were cut. Under the deck made the most sense for just that very reason. All of this wood had to go somewhere and preferably be out of sight too. In six months’ time, if I understand correctly. Since we now have two firepits (one in front of the house and one on the downstairs patio) they will come in handy once they are completely dry. After the huge cleanup effort, we were left with a bunch of tree stumps. Two trees came down in our back yard early November, narrowly missing our house and just hitting the far corner of our deck bump out. Where do you even take those type of items? For now, we have an old grill and an old umbrella down there. I try to get rid of items immediately, but sometimes things have to stay a while until you can safely do so. Not that I have anything to hide, but whatever we stored down here, was out in the open for all to see. It has always bothered me that you can see underneath our deck from the road.
