Porch is complete!

After a year of hard work, we finished the front porch in March. It has been so nice to have that project done. The problem with house projects, it always seems easier in your mind. You think "Oh, it just will be some sheetrock, and some paint. That's it! It will be done in no time".


Some of the things we did:

• Ripped off old paneling.
• Exposed one of the original windows to the right of the door.
• Exposed the other second door and removed it.
• Replaced the screen front door with the original second door.
• Painted the front door green.
• Wired a second light
• Wired the lamp post for the yard.
• Sheet rocked over old tongue and groove
• Installed trim around windows and door.
• Puttied and sanded what felt like a million holes.
• Caulked all the grooves in the ceiling.
• Painted the ceiling.
• Installed flooring. Most of the wood flooring was from old shelves down in the basement.
• Caulked, painted, and put poly on the floor.
• Painted the walls...a couple of times...with different paint. We couldn't quite agree on the color of the paint.
• Painted the front house door white.
• Spray painted the screen door.
• Sanded the glue off of the old walls below the windows.
• Installed the base boards.
• Painted the windows.

We still need to hang some more pictures and a couple of hooks for coats and of course replace all the windows some day, but other than that, this baby is done!

Here are some before pictures:

 

Stew worked on the porch in freezing weather!

 

 

 

After:

 

 

 The day we bought the house 9/6/2012:

 

7/27/2014: