Thank you to each and everyone of my visitors who have made Ideas-For-Deck-Designs.com one of the top deck building information sites on the net.

And to show my sincere gratitude, I thought why not offer up $500 to the person who has built the coolest deck over the past year?
So this is it - the first annual contest.
Upload your picture and tell us the challenges you faced, the hurdles you over came, any cool tips or products you used and why you love your deck so much.
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Curvilinear Deck - Curved Railing
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This is the first deck I have ever built and I have always loved curved decks so I decided I wanted to build one!
Through my research into deck building ...
Rainforest Retreat
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I live on the west coast and my rooftop deck was leaking - badly. It had a poorly designed (and ugly) torch-on roof with wooden pallets for a deck surface....
How to survive a Nova Scotia Winter
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This project involved doubling the existing 16' X 12' deck to include a new lower deck designed to support a 6 person hot tub and cedar gazebo.
We installed ...
Swimming Pool Deck Transformed into an Awesome Deck
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When we got bored with our 24'round swimming pool, we decided to sell it. But what to do with the deck we had built all the way around it?
So, we drew ...
A Lakeside Hideaway
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Having become a big fan of decks and deck construction while living in California in the 80's and 90's, I have built a few myself since moving back to ...
Eighteen Foot High Deck
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I built this deck at my cottage and it over looks our lake.
The hard part about this was that it was 18 feet above the ground.
Its just a basic ...