This customer had an old cedar deck that had holes in the decking because of rot. They were lucky however that the framing was pressure treated because we were able to reuse it. So we removed the old decking and replaced it with new cedar decking. In order to save money we also re-used the railing as it had been maintained well and was still structurally sound. We rebuilt the stairs completely and built a new flower box as well. We stained the project with Benjamin Moore’s Arbor coat stain in the color of Saddle leather brown. This is a two coat stain with a clear coat as the second coat. The advantage of this is that the customer can easily just add a clear coat each year to maintain the stain for years to come. It is also a low VOC stain which means it is much better for the environment. The result was impressive!