FINALLY .............. NEW PORCH !!!

[gregm]

and ...

another before shot ... this is after all the sanding, grinding scraping I did, BEFORE I even realized the carpenter ant damage below especially in the right front part ..........

 

[gregm]

and ...

AFTER ... ... the top half of the house is "cedar SHINGLES" where the bottom half is "clapboards" ............

 

[petek]

What year is your house Greg? I'm guessing very early 1900's possibly even late 1890's?

 

[bendix5]

You did a beautiful job Greg. I like the green you picked as the color and the natural wood on the inside. I would say your home was built in the late 20's or 30's craftsman style. Mame, Rick is my all time favorite movie. We all should have an Auntie Mame.. She is too much fun and lots of drama... Dano

 

[drmitch]

Wow, Greg! That looks great. I know what your going thru,as we are rebuilding our porch too.

 

[Brent-Aucoin]

Man! You have been busy!!!!

Greg,
You really did a good job!
Lot's of work. (I am sure that you don't need me to tell you this)
It does look super however! I love the green! Are you going to paint the whole house this color? I find it looks so clean, and cozy!
Thanks for the pictures!
Looks super!
Brent

 

[gregm]

thanks more and again

house was built in '23. House to the left is identical floor plan (rooms on "opposite" sides) slightly different architecture on porch. Her house has aluminum siding (uuuggghhh), no offense, just not my thing. I like real wood, even with the work that goes with it .......... the cedar shingles on the top half of my house are in good shape and don't need painting yet. I thought of stripping them and letting them go "natural". Thats a big thing here and especially down on cape cod with the harsh elements and salt air. And yes, I am going to paint the rest of the bottom half of the house (clapboards) green, eventually I thought of also doing all the trim in a very pale lemon yellow. Baby steps. The back yard is small but a mess, so I hope to work on that next year ............

 

[gregm]

shared garage

the garage between the two houses is "shared" with a fence down the inside middle of it. I own half and my neighbor owns half. Its very well written up legally to protect both sides from one doing something to other or vice-versa and my neighbor is wonderful thank god. This pic was taken in March '05 before my closing and before I moved in. You can see the garage at the end of the driveway. I own the "right-side/half"

On another separate note. Before I bought the house, all the woodwork/trim inside was painted pure white which is fine and looks great but the house next door has all the original natural stained woodwork and its GORGEOUS ...........

 

[gregm]

no more fence ...........

notice the fence in the above post ?? notice I took it down and got rid of it ...... ......... one less thing to paint, hahaha ..........

 

[petek]

You could always try one of those home decorating photo editors where you take a photo of your house and/or inside rooms etc and manipulate it with different colours. I have one I got at HD put out by Glidden paints I think but it doesn't do outsides and it's a bit of a pain to work with. I think there are better ones out there. I know I've seen some on other sites where people show their houses all sorts of different colors, added plants, added shutters etc, quite amazing. The safest route is to leave the trim white or have the colour you painted the clapboards darkened for the trim, that is if you're not confident or sure.