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Best owner-built deck. (garden deck) (Best of the West) (Cover Story)

Sunset | February 1, 1993 | Copyright

DECKS CAN transcend even the most lopsided homesites by creating level areas that extend living space, add room for outdoor entertaining, and bring the garden's beauty closer.

Softening the boundaries between constructed elements and natural surroundings can subtly settle a deck into its site, and that's why you often see decks formed around trees or boulders.

When owners Lorraine McKie and Peter Munnelly were planning a deck for their garden in Boulder Creek, California, they wanted it to embrace another aesthetic element--water.

Meandering through the center…

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