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Top 7 Tips to Change Your Old Deck Into Your Favorite Space

Top 7 Tips to Turn Your Old Deck Into Your Favorite Space for 2020

Summer is undeniably one of the most wonderful seasons, and that's especially true if your home features a stunning outdoor space for family and friends to lounge the days away! If your existing deck or patio space is looking worn-down and could benefit from some TLC, check out the top 7 tips to change your old deck into your favorite space.

Even as autumn quickly approaches, embrace the warm weather days while you can and make the most out of your home's outdoor living space by making an effort to improve your old deck!

Whether working with an old worn-down wood deck or simply a composite deck area that could use a touch of pizazz, read more about how you can turn your home's deck into everyone's favorite outdoor area.

7 DIY Ways to Enhance Your Old Deck

Keep the good times going in your family's outdoor area and make the most out of your time at home with a comfortable, cool, and chic deck, porch, or patio area for family and friends to chill out while still creating a safe space to distance.

Even better, these wonderful DIY deck renovations and outdoor design ideas will improve your deck and patio area into the crisp days of fall. Make the most of your home's outdoor living space and create a beautiful backyard layout you'll love to show off!

Top Ways to Improve Your Old Deck

Add a backyard pergola to your home's outdoor space and change your old deck and yard into your favorite space

1. Add a Backyard Pergola

An inexpensive way to gain an entirely new room in your home, building a backyard pergola can deliver an outdoor dining area or DIY shade structure that your family and friends will love to gather under! Install a gorgeous backyard pergola kit right on your home's existing deck or out in the yard beyond to gain a special area that changes the entire atmosphere of your home.

DIY pergolas such as the LINX Simplified Pergola System from Wild Hog Products can make redesigning your backyard area a breeze.

Backyard pergola designs allow for either 4x4 posts or 6x6 posts and can extend as far as you want to accentuate your outdoor space. Create different pergola sections and nooks for family members and friends to relax and spend time together while still feeling lovely and secluded.

Privacy walls and privacy screens for seclusion in your backyard can help make your family feel more at home and relaxed right in your own backyard

2. Build a Privacy Wall

Add eye-catching appeal to your patio, porch, or deck while increasing the privacy of your family's outdoor space by learning how to build a privacy wall. Chic, unique, and growing in popularity, Privacy Screen and Privacy Panel walls are the go-to choice for professional deck designers and DIY deck builders alike.

Create the backyard oasis you've always dreamed of right in your backyard with outdoor privacy screen and privacy panel walls around your favorite sitting, dining, and swimming spots. Perfect for homeowners with pools and hot tubs, or those who love to entertain and host parties away from the prying eyes of neighbors; building an outdoor privacy screeen on your deck or patio.

Simply position and anchor Privacy Post in place where you would to build a privacy wall, and then mount your Privacy Panels or outdoor Privacy Screens as tall or as long as you like to reduce outdoor noise and create a more intimate space.

Outdoor patio pillows and cushions add comfort and style to your patio furniture so you can sit back and relax outside

3. Deck Out Your Deck with Decorative Throw Pillows

Sometimes it's cool to go classic and such is the case with the most popular outdoor patio deck decorating idea, bright and colorful throw pillows. An incredibly easy way to bring more color to your outdoor space and invite guests to get comfortable, placing unique outdoor pillows and cushions to your patio furniture can enhance your patio design to the next level of comfort!

Tempt friends and family to stay out on your deck just a little longer by softening your outdoor seating area with one-of-a-kind and weatherproof outdoor patio pillows. Attractive and durable accent pillows are easy to find online or in any home goods store! Or set your deck and patio area apart from the rest by crafting your own outdoor patio pillows with weather-resistant fabric for comfort that will last.

Get ready to sit back and relax the day away!

Help your deck grow into a gorgeous outdoor space with DIY garden ideas and deck railing accessories that highlight your home

4. Give your deck color and depth with garden accessories

Give your green thumb a special place to be showcased with deck railing accessories and your growing garden! Specifically positioned along your deck railing, deck garden accessories from Hold It Mate allow you to add dashes of color and brightness to your previously unused outdoor space.

Dress up your deck with outstanding garden containers and deck railing accessories help keep your herbs, flowers, and plants up off the deck floor. From delicious home-grown veggies to delicate growing ivy, help your outdoor space really grow on your guests with balcony and deck gardening accessories!

Designing and building a ground level deck can transform your backyard area into a posh space while helping your yard appear larger and more elegant

5. Design a Ground Level Deck

Get your deck renovation or outdoor space makeover underway by expanding into an entirely new space with a low-effort ground level deck! One of the most wonderful things about ground level decks is that the overall deck design can be complex but because of the low height, actually building the ground level deck itself is easy.

Build a floating deck in the center of your outdoor living space, or an elegant deck design to act as a walkway or path between different sections of your backyard area. Simply sketch out your deck design idea, create a basic deck frame minus any deck posts, then simply install your natural or composite deck boards! You can even elevate your ground level deck a few inches off the ground surface with deck pedestals and supports.

You can easily add a deck railing system to the perimeter if the style suits your outdoor space, or feel free to skip the deck railing altogether since deck building codes don't require it per the minimal height of the deck build!

Installing LED deck lighting to your outdoor space for an easy, DIY deck renovation that provides safety and a touch of magic to your yard

6. DIY Deck Lighting

One of the most magical deck renovations or deck makeover ideas available to homeowners is installing LED deck lighting around your outdoor sitting area and walkways. Prevent trips and falls while illuminating your backyard entertaining area throughout the night with easy-to-install deck lighting fixtures and options.

From deck rail lighting along your deck or porch perimeter, to rich landscape lighting and post cap lights to cast a warm glow along your area. As technology advances, both solar deck lighting and low-voltage deck lighting designs are simple and straightforward to install. For an easy DIY deck renovation, choose gorgeous deck lighting!

Add deck screen systems to your deck or porch and gain a screened-in sitting area family and friends will enjoy with you throughout the seasons

7. Screen In Your Outdoor Space

Gain a screened-in porch for your outdoor living space in just an afternoon with these straightforward and clean-cut deck screen systems. Say so long to nasty mosquitoes, creepy crawly spiders, and the endless debris of dried-up leaves; deck screen systems such as SCREENEZE® and Westbury ScreenRail attach along the sides of any deck opening for a solid attachment that protects your porch space.

Choose a DIY deck screen system and choose between fiberglass, PVC, or metal porch screen to complete your screened-in porch and protect family, friends, and guests from itchy bug bites while you spend the evening hours chatting away.


More Deck Project Resources

The HideAway Privacy Rail Vinyl Infill Panels come 6 per pack for each HideAway Rail Section
Starting at: $66.99
18 inch Extension Hook by Hold It Mate
Starting at: $10.99
Create a glowing pathway with Recessed LED Angled Lights by Dekor.
Starting at: $17.99
A screen porch using the handy Original SCREENEZE system
Starting at: $124.99