We now have a finished front porch AND a railing ~ YEAH!
November 20, 2012
October 12, 2012
Our New Front Porch and Red Door
Finally our front porch is done and we have painted our door to match the shutters.
What do you think?
The railing is being built and will be in soon!
July 28, 2012
So Close to Done – We can taste it!
Seems weird to say we can taste it but we truly are so close. The small things that are left will take more time than we like but we are down to the small things. I thought it might be interesting to show then and now photos so I dug out our photo from when we first moved here in 1986 to show the wide differences. Amazing what we have done – it is a new house.
Today (July 28 2012) our mason started work on our front porch. It started raining (again) so he didn’t get as far as he had planned but it is all ready to reface. He is using blue stone (not actually blue more of a grey) on the top, landing and treads and cultured stone on the front and sides. The cultured stone looks a lot like our bricks in color. I think it will look really nice when finished. Then we will have a new railing made (down both sides) in white. When done it will be great.
So here we go with the comparisons:
Outside First
Front door then and now (we plan to paint it red again – funny!)
Going inside – old and new stairs
Living room then and now (notice the old blue room)
Dining room and new sun room
The sun room – no comparison!!!
Memory Lane – our old kitchen and the 2008 renovation
And down the hall
The main bathroom then and now (renovated in 2003)
Small Bedroom which Carla and Angela shared when we first moved in – now my craft/study room.
Other bedroom which Rhonda and Becky shared when we first moved in – was Angela’s room – now Carl’s work at home room/guest room.
Master Bedroom
Master Bathroom then and now (renovated in 2003)
Then downstairs we go….
The family room now mauve guest suite – renovated in 2018 but still has some computer room furniture in it.
You may notice that in the old pictures the laundry is in a closet at the end of the room as of 2008 we have an actual laundry room as shown below:
Basement Bathroom
Front Room – Computer Room
We are beginning to believe that we are going to actually finish – so much is done already. This week we expect to be able to finish painting the computer room and put it back together and then we will work on the garage and hopefully by the time winter comes we will be done with all our renovations and able to just enjoy them. It has been a lot of long hours and hard work but we really like the results and are enjoying the new space we have.
Hope you enjoy seeing the results.
June 12, 2012
June 12 2012 – Making Progress but Still Working
Well, we are definitely making progress but it seems just as we think we are getting somewhere something else needs to be done. Here are just a few more current photos to show where we are going.
First, the dumpster left last week and it was really full. Dad is a master at finding ways to get more in. Under that flat wallboard in the back is all the carpeting, the bushes that used to be behind our house by the deck and a whole lot of wood and other stuff that we stuffed in to get rid of. Might as well make the most of the dumpster we are paying for.
Also, in there is our old indoor railing and our old outdoor railing.
A temporary wood railing is up until we can get our porch fixed and a new railing installed.
Just to show how we have been living here are some more pictures of our house inside.
Painting new doors is easier if I can move from one to the next so here is the Hall of Doors.
The sun room has disappeared for a while as we have moved everything out into it from the living room so we can paint and have our new carpet installed. Hopefully we won’t need anything in the back.
That last picture is our living room/dining room where Dad is forever patching holes and fixing bumps and problems – a neverending job it seems.