alrighty I'm hoping to get to the 2nd step before I leave for vacation mid July and found the route I'm going to take: Lowe's has Tuftex DeckDrain system that I'm going to use in order to divert the water: http://www.lowes.com/Search=tuftex?storeId=10151&langId=-1&catalogId=10051&N=0&newSearch=true&Ntt=tuftex#! As far as what I'm going to do for the sides, I had planned on wood lattice however I found Lowe's has a vinyl one that might match my deck close enough to make me happy. For as much lattice as I'll need to put up, the price difference might drive me back to the wood and just staining it which the cheap side of my brain is saying. The lazy side says pay up front for the vinyl and not worry about having the pain of staining the lattice in the future