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Last moves of a giant chess match played at Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Backyard Staycation ???? | Building a Wooden Deck and Pergola with Home RenoVision DIY

In this video, we transform my parents' backyard into a beautiful staycation paradise by building a wooden deck and pergola!

This home renovation project came together after we received an email from Jeff & Michelle from Home RenoVision DIY, who had watched some of our videos and spotted our concrete slab of a deck in the background.

Since the Home RenoVision DIY channel is all about teaching people how to tackle home renovation projects, they offered to come over to my parents' house and build a deck and pergola! They just needed some willing learners and some extra hands. Of course, we took them up on their offer!

In total, we spent 6 days with the Home RenoVision DIY team - but only 3.5 of those actual work days. We may have distracted them with food and wine!

For the technical video that shows you how to build a wooden deck step-by-step, you can watch Jeff and Max's video here:

And for the behind-the-scenes adventures in home renovations, shopping trips to Home Depot, and tasty home cooked meals, you can watch this video.

We had a great time with the Home RenoVision DIY crew of Jeff, Max and Michelle and they quickly became friends. A huge THANK YOU to them once again for reaching out with this idea and transforming my parents' home!

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Backyard Staycation ???? | Building a Wooden Deck and Pergola with Home RenoVision DIY:

Day 1: We met up with the Home Renovision DIY team Jeff, Max and Michelle to discuss the deck project, get to know each other, organize the building materials. In terms of food we had some empanadas and wine.

Day 2: We got up early to grab extra supplies at Home Depot. We began by digging holes for the floating deck. Audrey's was neat whereas mine was as big as a bathtub ;) For lunch, we ate polenta with tomato sauce and sausages and Osado a la Olla. I got to use power tools for the first time. We finished the floating deck in the afternoon.

Day 3: Today we worked on the main deck on top of the concrete slab. We also started work on the pergola. The deck on top of the concrete slab involved a lot of measurements and precision work by Jeff. We ended up having a picada for a mid-afternoon snack working until the sun went down.

Day 4: We finished off building the main deck and then went out for sushi.

Day 5: We started off the day by going to Home Depot to grab some more supplies and finished off building the pergola and put up the sails.

Day 6: We enjoyed a massive Argentine barbecue feast to end things off!

A special thanks to Jeff, Max and Michelle for making this possible! We had so much fun with the Home RenoVision team building the deck and sharing great food and conversation.

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