How we doubled the size our our usable backyard space

The size of our backyard is a comical, and when days get warm I long for the big yard we had in Pittsburgh. Currently, we have our grill and boy's water-table but that's it. Two weekends ago Chris decided to come up with a plan to expand usable space. After a day and half he actually executed on his plan and now we have double the space that we used to! He still has to cut and attach that last board that is currently just leaning against the deck but not bad for not even 2 days of work.

P.S. There is a one story-drop under the deck so it wasn't safe or usable prior to this little construction.

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