Beautiful DIY Backyard Decks

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1. Extend Your World

Backyard decks seemingly create square footage out of thin air for summer barbecues, family get-togethers, or just for a quiet glass of wine while the sun sets. Contractor-driven decks tend to be insanely expensive, but the price tag plummets the moment you take on the job yourself. A number of important threads run through do-it-yourself deck building: easy and cheap.

2. Easy Deck for the Big Easy

He kept costs low again by using pressure treated lumber stained a cedar color as his deck boards. Pressure treated stock lumber is just about the most cost-effective and easy way you can top a deck.

3. Backyard Beach Paradise

She located a level section on her lawn coincidentally next to the swimming pool, rolled out weed block fabric, and then painted and laid down 20 wood pallets: no supports, just straight down on the fabric.

4. Decking Out Your Budget

For only $1,600, they did the deck themselves, creating a paradise out of a barren, dusty backyard. They saved so much money that they were able to add fun details like a pergola, stairs and hammock.

5. Step Up to This Easy Deck

Having children, Sherrana over at the blog Needles and Nails knows that kids are constantly on the move. Why give the kids one set of stairs for the deck when stairs can form the entire perimeter of your deck?

6. Do-It-Yourself Diagonals

If there's anything a deck-building do-it-yourselfer likes, it's simplicity. Conversely, if there's any way to complicate matters, it's by laying deck floorboards on a diagonal. Yet armed with a knowledge of the Pythagorean theorem and a good compound (miter) saw, this homeowner managed to lay tight diagonal boards on his backyard deck for spectacular results.

7. Pallet Power

Rightfully rejecting the idea of paying way too much for a contractor-built deck extension, Texans Jodi and Mark decided that they could do it themselves for way less money.

8. Downsizing to an Easy and Cheap Deck

All things must pass, and so too must pass that 1990s decaying, octagonal deck wasting space in your backyard. Emily, from Merry Pad, first had to deconstruct the outdated deck. Peeling paint on every square inch of it, the deck was not worth saving, though Emily did sell some of the lumber on Craigslist! She downsized to a platform deck that's proportionally better for her home and backyard.

9. No Wasted Space

Holly Prim's stroke of genius moment was when she realized that the area under her backyard stairs could be used to build a compact deck for enjoying nature and hanging out with a trusted best friend. Not only did she use room that ordinarily would have been wasted, the stairs provide instant shade for anyone enjoying the deck.

10. Easiest Deck in the World to Build

Dagmar Bleasdale built what could arguably be called the easiest and most simple backyard pallet deck in the world. She and her husband, Don, had pallets left over from their stone driveway project. Instead of landfilling them, they re-purposed them as a quick-to-build backyard deck, by pushing four pallets together and topping them with a porous, non-biodegradable outdoor mat. Voila: instant deck.

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