Deck part 2 (final chapter for now)

So.....Friday evening I got home and started staining the deck.  My mom came over and we decided there was NO WAY we had enough stain to do what we needed to do.  So we headed to Home Depot to get more.  Now in Spencer's defense (because he is the one who originally went to purchase the stain), I did give him the wrong dimensions of the deck and our deck was as dry as it could possibly be.  This meant that the deck was drinking up the stain faster than we could put it down, and that even if it wasn't I probably told him to get the wrong amount.....maybe.  So we got another gallon and foolishly thought we had enough.  We worked for a few more hours and realized AGAIN that we hadn't bought enough!  So back to Home Depot we went and got another 2 gallons. This was enough, for now at least.  The first picture is just to show the difference between the washed wood and the stain color. 

We used a paint sprayer to do most of the deck floor, it made the work a lot faster!  The last 2 pictures are just before the sun went down on Friday night, one coat on.  You can tell that its better but that the wood absorbed a LOT of the stain as it dried. 
Worked until we couldn't see anymore, then woke up Saturday to finish up the work.  Poor Spencer!  He woke up on Friday, worked on the deck for 3 hours, went to work for 10 hours and then had to get up early on Saturday morning to do it again!  All in all it was a good mornings work, we got 2 coats of stain on the deck and had several hours for it to dry before the rain started up! 

I'm also happy to report that the floors are really coming along!  I took some pictures this weekend that show the clutter still around the house from the tools....but my dad has been working all day today and got a LOT of the work done that still needed to be done.  We still have the entry way to finish up, exposed plywood is not my favorite look for a first impression, but the dining room is TOTALLY done, most of the living room is finished (just some detail around the base of the fireplace and some finishing work on the baseboards).  Spencer's dad is off work this week and will probably be able to come up to help work on the entry way.  The deadline for the project is Thursday night.  We are down to the wire but I think we have a good shot of it at least looking done.