The solar light on the post is a great idea, we have a pretty large deck about 600 sq feet and we redid it when w bought the house in wood, my choice and just this week it was time again for the retain quote, this time it came in around 2700 bucks so we are really debating ripping it up and putting down a tree like deck, no more retaining every 2 years.
Question to the thread, is trex worth the money vs other type of composite decking , it seems Home Depot has like 8 lines of the stuff.
My BIl added a deck a few years ago and added outdoor plugs at the top of the stairs going down to the yard. There’s a switch there to light the ground-level patio below and plugs for anything they’d need on the deck level. They have solar light finials on the deck.
I can’t imagine building any steps without a rail.