@emma__higgins: Bringing our 42-year-old deck back to life I love how it looks sanded I don’t want to add the clearcoat!!😭 #restoringolddeck#reno#renovatingh#homerenovationsh#homerenovationandremodeling

jenjen🇳🇿 :

Paint the posts white

Bektasccptyltd :

I think you’re meant to say specific not Pascifc

Shania1111 :

I created this mock up for you, you could do something like this, post cladding with merbau decking boards to make it all matching

james :

probs woulda been cheaper to just replace the boards and they wouldve lasted longer and looked better

Jacob :

Could you get 140x19 merbau decking boards and put them upright on your posts and cut the edges on a 45 to make them look like the post?

🖖 Lindyloo03 🖖 :

Looks fantastic Emma 🥰🥰🥰

Luke Compton :

if tou have time Def do three coats if done a resto deck before and this is how it turned out

Ella Baynes :

Maybe you could stain the cypress post merbau?? 🤷‍♀️

E M M A :

I don’t think it looks weird, I think it looks great being mismatched

Joshua Moore :

Stain the posts to match

Jane Da Silva :

When you wash the deck you might get bleeding from the merbau on your new white panels on the house and the panels down to the garden and possibly the side panels

_yournan101_ :

Pete 🇦🇺 :

Stain the posts you can get stain to match

user1695159329112 :

you've done an amazing job for a first attempt little tip when u wash the deck down wet the house boards first so u dont get any deckwash on your house follow instructions and wait around 15min before washing off try and do it in the shade or cloudy day so it won't dry to quickly and alow 24 hr before putting your coating on good luck slow and steady

Izzy :

Use intergrain water base in natural as it dumbs down the reds and you may have a closer match to your posts. You can also match your posts by using a merbau stain but I think after using natural stain on the merbau, you could probably use an oak stain on the posts.

Renee 💕 :

What don’t you just stain the posts to make them match a little ?

BFree :

PAINT THE POSTS!!! You're welcome 😂

Maz Haz :

Paint posts white!!!!

Tegz Hailey🎀 :

Mistakes mean you are learning. Mistakes are important for development..

Hxmidhx :

The miss match boards is genuinely very pretty- I’m glad you kept it.

Tee :

I love the different blends of wood together! Please don't stain or paint any of the wood, let it be a lovely feature ❤️

user2651566683879 :

Box your posts in with merbau. We did it with our back patio, looks fantastic

Jen 🤎 :

can you stain the posts same colour as the deck? I think matching posts would look good.

Dinosaur Vet :

Hilarious to see you slaving away on the sander with Mel doom scrolling in the background 😂