Balustrade well-oiled

I took a day's annual leave today so I could shove some decking oil on the balustrades. . . our friendly painter Stuart told me that we really should get the wood coated before it rained again, to avoid the wood getting water-stained. They came up great! Didn't really take that long and was super-easy. . . why doesn't paint have the same consistency as decking oil?

I forgot to take a close-up, but here they are. . notice that the alfresco ceiling has also been painted!

Oh yes. . . we only had two sections of the alfresco balustraded (is that even a word) as the section near the stacka doors is close enough to the ground to not need it. . . however, this looks crap and everyone keeps asking us "when are they going to come back and finish the balustrade? Why didn't they do it all at once?". . . so we've succumbed to peer pressure and have commissioned Boyen to do the other section. MORE EXPENSE!