The Back Porch is Back!

This was the back porch. By the time this picture was taken, a lot of scraping and sanding had taken place.  However, it didn't look much better than this.

Here is a similar view of how it looks now.  The wall has been mudded and painted.  The concrete was patched and painted.  We decided to repair rather than replace the concrete because if we'd torn it up, the footers that support the porch columns would have been lost.  Everything fit right the way it was and there was enough to be done to replace, repair and repaint the wood on the porch that it wasn't worth it to open one more can of worms.

This is the old gate that has been previously mentioned. It used to be red/maroon.   We've change it to match the color of the other doors on the house.  It makes a nice contrast with the yellow on the garage.

The porch had been in a shameful state, but now it is back!!!