It's now time to build the front patio area! We already had cut some of the parts of this, test fitted them, and put them aside. The rest of the patio railing was fairly simple, and we didn't want them getting in the way during construction, while we were constantly in and out of the front doors. We used treated 4x4 porch posts, cut to 2' in length, and lagged to the trex boards of the patio. The black grid is actually powder coated grid wall panels we bought from the office supply warehouse in our area. I used a carbide cutoff saw to cut them to the size needed. The black finish sorta becomes invisible, and they will be draped with 1" diameter dock rope for a nautical effect. Here's a few pics of this part of the project...
