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Deck Contest

(Continued from page I 1) they just poured in. We were quite pleased with the number of entries. We received 30 to 35; we would have been happy with 10," she says. There was a wide range of entries. "Entrants came from all over," says Scarpello. "From owners with beautiful homes on the side of a hill to people who just wanted to build a little deck behind their two-bedroom home."

Ron Ming of Ontario, Ca., won first place with his 500 sq. ft., herringbone pattern deck. Encompassed by a railing and benches it includes a built-in sandbox.

Second prize was awarded to a 25' x 18' deck with built-in planters, benches and angled steps. D-i-yer Craig Chapman of Irvine, Ca., had turned to "how-to" magazines for ideas and inspiration.

The appeal for such a contest. though, is not for everyone. "We had a lot of people saying they had been thinking about it for a long

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