| In the 1960s my Great Uncle who owned the house enclosed this porch and put sheet rock inside. At one time it must have had steps down but there were none since my folks bought the house in 1975. Since my Great Aunt was terrified of gas stove they had an electric stove. My folks had the gas tanks put in since the house had fuel oil furnace put in during the 1950s to replace the old coal furnace that was used to heat the main house since it was built |
| Since the sheet rock was getting bad I removed part of it and found they had covered over the siding since this porch was at one time was open with no roof even. |
| Though you can't see it for the dirt I was lucky and under the floor covering they had put down was the original fir porch flooring in good shape. |
| The wall my Great Uncle had put up and the windows were in rough shape. So I decided to open the porch up again. |
| With the car siding coming off you can see how much light had been blocked off from the kitchen. |
| With the railing going up and the angle pieces at the roof line it gives the porch a gazebo look to it. |
| When a fresh coats of paint the porch takes on a much nicer look the I was lucky that the door they used on that porch came from the doorway into the wash porch and just had to rehang it back. |
| I wasn't so lucky with the screen door and had to build one for the door. The gas tanks were moved to the back of the house and I rerouted the line back to the cook stove. Here was a case where the old rule of measure twice and cut once would have worked well for me. I didn't measure the height of my grill and the new railing was too high so you see now after being removed and shortened so my grill would work. |
| Before I painted I decided I needed to put in a bead board ceiling on the porch. It made the porch look more finished and helped to keep bird from nesting on the porch |
| Remodeling Porch |
| When I painted the house in Victorian colors I trimmed the porch windows, porch posts and railings in dark blue. The body was painted in the wheat color and the floor in a porch floor gray. |