“The most challenging jobs are the ones that someone else started,” writes Lawrence Winterburn. “These are also where you earn the admiration of the client. Often they have been looking at a semi-finished project for years and when you pull it all together and make it happen they are exuberant.” A closer look at the deck details will help explain why this homeowner was so thrilled with the result. “The brick columns supporting pergola beams along with the curve worked well to make the deck one with the house-part of the home,” says Lawrence. “An extension rather than protuberance.”
