I have no idea without seeing the actual house and how the deck relates to it Those pics tellme nothing.

Up?

Did you click the Imgur link?

Post the pics here. Most people and I for one for sure will not click links.

Imgur is a common pic upload site. Only reason i used it is because houzz was limited number of pics. I’ll try to upload all of them over a series of replies. Thanks for your input.

Here are more

I’m leaning towards expanding toward the fire pit and having the deck arc along the circular board of the fire pit pavers. Also expanding slightly the left and moving stairs to left side.