Just a few days shy of a year has passed since I concluded this blog. The house continues to be a home, and it continues to evolve bit by bit. In the past year a few projects have been completed. I edited the final post to include photos of the library, which received southern yellow pine hardwood floors stained in a golden oak tone. The kitchen cabinets were completed and hung as well as the doors installed on the sink base. The living room received new carpeting and a new tile hearth in front of the wood burning stove.
Most recently, the front porch was renovated. The front porch had been an eyesore since I purchased the house. All four support posts were rotted away at the bottom, the beams that hold up the floorboards were rotted and the porch floor was sagging, and the entire porch was pulling away from the house on the South side. It took eight weeks of weekends but the structure is completely solid and sturdy now. The area under the porch which had been filled in with chicken wire and stucco, is now filled in with bright white lattice.
The house looks so much better from the front, I can't stop smiling when I look at the photos. Its is a 100% improvement in the curb appeal. I wish my friend Robbie could see the end result, I think he would be proud of the end result. Perhaps he is smiling as he gazes down at it from heaven.
So here are the during and after photos of the porch. I hope that in a few years, Robin and I will retire to this house and spend some time on this porch.
