Back porch clean up

By far one of the coolest rooms in the house, the enclosed back porch was still a bit rustic-looking and needed some sprucing. The built in cabinet had an odd hole underneath that seemed to be the perfect through-way between the outdoors and the basement - I'm sure the mice loved it for their winter home. Not shown in the photos, there is now about 500 lbs of solid concrete where the hole used to be.

Built-in bookcase — This is what was hiding the mouse superhighway below...

Another view of the porch — What it looked like during the walkthrough

Cabinet removal — Bill and Owen making progress on opening up this area.

Drywall installed where the cabinets used to be

Now Owen's clearing out the unnecessary features (like a sink we'll never use)

Getting ready to do the ceiling, walls and trim.

For the floors, we started with two coats of Zinsser primer

Red floor - still wet — For the paint we used Home Depot's porch/garage paint in the 'Brick' color

New workspace — Miss the shelves? I don't either. This is a brand new workspace where the magic happens...

New porch — Another view of the painted porch with some new furnishings.

Glass doors inside are a great feature. This one had been removed when we first moved in. It's back in place now after 2.5 years :-)

The Famous Artists Course

Toby's on guard duty