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| House front before. Photo taken in June 2009 |
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| House front now. Photo taken February 2017. |
It's not finished, but we're at a good stopping place for now. For those who are interested, here are links to all the steps we've taken over the past several years in our repair and renovation efforts of the front of our 1920s-built house. (All the posts are linked as a series, so you can start with the first and continue back to here.)
- Sept. 2014 - Assessment
- Sept. 2014 - Tearing into the old porch floor.
- Oct. 2014 - Idea for the front porch.
- Oct. 2014 - Old floor removed, repairing the crawl space foundation under the porch
- Oct. 2014 - assessing the porch foundation
- Oct. 2014 - total deconstruction complete
- Oct. 2014 - reconstructing the porch foundation
- Nov. 2014 - framing for the new floor
- Nov. 2014 - new porch floor
- Dec. 2014 - new porch posts
- Dec. 2014 - replacing the front door
- Jan 2015 - building a bay window for the living room
- Feb. 2015 - bay window interior
- March 2015 - making the window seat
- April 2015 - bay window interior trims
- Sept. 2015 - removing the second front porch door
- Nov. 2016 - preparing to replace the front bedroom windows
- Dec. 2016 - replacing the front bedroom windows
- Dec. 2016 - new siding for the front bedroom, window trims, and paint
- Jan. 2017 - making a decision about the front end gables
- Jan. 2017 - front gables makeover (how they turned out)
- Feb. 2017 - one more set of windows to replace
- Feb. 2017 - new window for the loom room
When we pick it up again we'll do something with the porch ceiling and then finish up a little trimwork. Until then it's on to other things.
Amazing change! Love the new color and all you have done. Such fun to watch your projects from start to finish. But of course now there such time consuming issues as baby goat watching. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThat's why it's been over two years in the works and still not done, LOL.
DeleteNow THAT says, "Welcome, please come in!"
ReplyDeleteYes, that screened-in porch hid the front door and windows. But I kind of liked that in terms of privacy. Plus we could lock the screen door so I could see who was knocking at the door. I'm not the least bit inclined to answer it for someone just wanting to sell something.
DeleteI love the front porch!
ReplyDeleteIt is a great porch. The only negative is that it catches the afternoon summer sun, and so is too hot to enjoy on a summer evening.
DeleteI've always wanted a house that had a nice deep porch to relax on. My current one has a tiny shallow one that faces the intersection out front and not really a place I enjoy. In the back we have a nice secluded deck but in the winter it is too cold and in the summer way too hot and exposed. I feel like I have a chance to enjoy it only for a few weeks in early spring and late fall before and after the bugs arrive. Someday I would like to put a roof over the deck in back and enclose a small part of it for the bug season.
ReplyDeleteI've always loved porches too. Like yours, however, this one is too hot is summer because of the angle of the sun. Eventually I'd like to put a trellis on the left side, and use it to grow a shade producing vine. It's on the list!
DeleteEvery now and again one has to stop, assess and then give a little pat on the back. You've done well, very well.
ReplyDeleteIt is a relief to have foundation repairs made, new windows put in, and new siding up and painted. And I'm sure the neighbors prefer looking at this than to how it used to look, even if they don't care for blue!
DeleteI LOVE the before and after shots! What a difference! Thanks for the links Leigh, I'm going to look at every one of them! Wonderful...it goes to show that things will take all the time they need to take and they WILL get done! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rain! This is why I love a blog, as a journal of things we've done! Especially on the house, because it helps us remember exactly what we did and why. We'd love to get the rest of the house done, but that will just have to wait.
DeleteYour house looks very nice even though this is just the stopping point. Time to enjoy the next season. I will take some of your afternoon sun here! Nancy
ReplyDeleteI'll send some!
DeleteSo much more inviting, and looking well maintained. You've chosen my favourite colours on a house too. Pale blue and white trim. I don't know what it is about those colours, but they just seem to smile on a house. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris! It's an interesting blue, it looks deep in shade and pale in sun. But I like it. :)
DeleteIt is looking great. re: angles & sun. Last night as we were finishing up dinner a guy came to the door. Hubby just answered it w/o even looking through the peep hole. :p but the guy was selling solar panels. Wrong guy to attempt to sell them to. They have attempted to try out several different energy saving things on the base and not had good results. Hubby says the solar panels are the worst. The panels themselves are okay, but there's a converter that keeps having to be replaced. So the electric won't pay for itself. On our house, we are faced the wrong direction, so there isn't any place that gets enough sustained sun. He said we might get enough power to run my computer.
ReplyDeleteSince your porch is too hot to sit on, can you put planters to grow anything there?
You know, calculating it like that is something most folks don't do, so good for your hubby. I guess sellers think that folks won't care about long-term costs because it's solar. I once figured out it would take 42 years for a solar system to pay for itself in regards to our current monthly electric payments (at least that one). And by that time I'm sure one or several components would have to be replaced or upgraded. It just didn't seem worth it.
DeleteLooks awesome and wish I had that porch :) Nancy
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely porch. I just wish it didn't face into the setting summer sun. :p
DeleteAre you sure you did not mixup the picture labels...
ReplyDeleteOn this post? Yes, I'm sure.
DeleteWhat a transformation! I LOVE the color you chose. Isn't it good to get to a "stopping point," even if just for a while, so you can do other things?
ReplyDeleteVery informative post. Your house looks beautiful. Gathered tips for my next thanks giving very informative.
ReplyDeletedmv construction :)