Now that the bottom half of the front porch is getting done,
it's time for the top part of the porch.
Here are some inspiration photos.
From here
As you can see, I'd like an arch on top! :-)
Oh, and guess what I did? I painted 1/2 the porch rails without primer! Oh, the horror! For 1/2 of the porch (the left) I used the light blue paint+primer that I mentioned when we did the playhouse. But then, I used it all up and started using the white paint+primer I had. When I started using it, it seemed super thin compared to the blue, but I went on painting. Well, it turns out, it was just Exterior Paint with no primer. We'll see how it holds up. I did about 3 coats. I guess in a couple years I'll have to re-do it... Wah, wah!
In other news, we are moving the playhouse over towards the office. You may have noticed this picture
in my post on Monday that the playhouse looks a bit crooked. Well, it is! Because we were moving it.
Here's where it used to be.
And here's where it's gonna end up. About where that white storm door is on the ground in the background.
The playhouse is in a spot now that's leveled and C can play in it, but it still needs to be scooted over about 2 feet towards the office and back a bit.
In order to do this, I had to clear some of the old wild flower garden in front of the office. This is a picture from last year.
The white flowers (that I guess are perennial as they seem to grow in the same place every year) are staying, but I transplanted some pretty flowers over to the fence behind where the playhouse used to go.
I also leveled out a little hill of dirt by the corner of the office.
And I pulled up the random spinach and lettuce from the garden. It didn't do that great there and we're not really having a garden this year.
Plus, I moved some of the junk behind the playhouse over to the side of the office to consolidate our junk.
(Man, we have a lot of junk!)
Here's a picture from the front, back in May.
Now I've just got one more area of screen doors/ windows/plywood junk over on the pond side fence.
(See the white daisies? :-))
We want to move that fence forward (in the fall?) and use the windows in the treehouse, so I may leave that there for now.
My MIL got the Magnetic Screen Door (as seen on tv) for the playhouse door.
The other screen we were using was a bit cumbersome as you had to velcro it shut.
That's all the junky news for now! Have a great weekend! :-)
P.S.
Here are some pics of C when we went for our bike ride on Wednesday. It was fun!
Riding the bike trail by the Summerside Harbour.
Using the exercise equipment.
The view at the end of the trail!
:-)
As you can see, I'd like an arch on top! :-)
Oh, and guess what I did? I painted 1/2 the porch rails without primer! Oh, the horror! For 1/2 of the porch (the left) I used the light blue paint+primer that I mentioned when we did the playhouse. But then, I used it all up and started using the white paint+primer I had. When I started using it, it seemed super thin compared to the blue, but I went on painting. Well, it turns out, it was just Exterior Paint with no primer. We'll see how it holds up. I did about 3 coats. I guess in a couple years I'll have to re-do it... Wah, wah!
In other news, we are moving the playhouse over towards the office. You may have noticed this picture
in my post on Monday that the playhouse looks a bit crooked. Well, it is! Because we were moving it.
Here's where it used to be.
Here it is mid-move.
And here's where it's gonna end up. About where that white storm door is on the ground in the background.
Notice that tall plant in the garden? It's spinach that grew from seeds from last years' spinach. I also got lettuce to grow that way. I always find it interesting to see where things grow when you let them go to seed. I never ate any of the spinach or lettuce from this year, I just enjoyed seeing them grow.
In order to do this, I had to clear some of the old wild flower garden in front of the office. This is a picture from last year.
The white flowers (that I guess are perennial as they seem to grow in the same place every year) are staying, but I transplanted some pretty flowers over to the fence behind where the playhouse used to go.
The rest of the dirt, where our junk used to be by the fence and where the playhouse used to be, I've planted with grass seed.
I also leveled out a little hill of dirt by the corner of the office.
Plus, I moved some of the junk behind the playhouse over to the side of the office to consolidate our junk.
Here's a picture from the front, back in May.
Now I've just got one more area of screen doors/ windows/plywood junk over on the pond side fence.
We want to move that fence forward (in the fall?) and use the windows in the treehouse, so I may leave that there for now.
My MIL got the Magnetic Screen Door (as seen on tv) for the playhouse door.
That's all the junky news for now! Have a great weekend! :-)
P.S.
Here are some pics of C when we went for our bike ride on Wednesday. It was fun!
Riding the bike trail by the Summerside Harbour.
Using the exercise equipment.
The view at the end of the trail!
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