Herringbone

The main decking, stair treads and riser boards are finally in, and the deck looks gorgeous. Instead of 45-degree miter joints, which we've largely tried to avoid in this entire project since we harbor a semi-extreme dislike of them, we're using a herringbone pattern at all of the deck corners. This has been some tedious work for Green Hammer, not only because it's finish work but because the Ipe ironwood is pretty difficult to work with. We posted about the excellently tough construction properties of Ipe in an earlier post.