A Little Progress on the Front Porch

It’s been awhile since I’ve mentioned working on the front porch (because it’s been awhile since we’ve made any progress on it!) Once we got the bay window in, we concentrated on finishing the window interior and then finishing up the living room. Last weekend, Dan made a little progress on the front porch, motivated by cooler weather and anticipation of winter.

Of course, now’s a fine time to realize that I don’t have a proper “before” photo. This one was taken last November, right after Dan finished the new porch floor. 

This second front porch door accessed the “sun room”, which became my studio.

Since there was no wall space in this room, the door ended up being covered with shelves and storage units. Of the door itself, it was ill-fitting and allowed for wind to blow through. When we discussed what to do with this door during our porch brain-storming sessions, I decided I didn’t need it. We did discuss replacing it with a window, but finances and the need for wall space ruled that out.

After Dan removed the door he ran a stud down the middle of the opening and covered it with particle board. Here it is from the inside.

The challenge was that the exterior trim on that door wasn’t flush with the siding.

The door trim jutted out just an eight of an inch, so Dan made his own furring strips to make up the difference. Our siding went on top of that.

My job will be to get it primed and painted. We’ll finish the rest of the wall plus the trims when we replace the front window in the studio.

Lastly some insulation was added.

That’s as far as we’ll take it for now. It was an afternoon project that is another step toward a snugger house.