Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Porch Evolution

Once upon a time, there was a house. It was a small but cozy house and it possessed a small and cozy (read: cramped) back porch.

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Said back porch contained a washer, a dryer, a clothesline, a bucket of shoes, and a hot water closet. Inside the hot water closet is what I shall call, for the purposes of this story, the Heater of Doom (HOD for short.) The HOD was the oldest hot water heater this side of the Mississippi. We began to fear that one day it would explode and roast us all in our sleep, so Casey decided the time had come to replace it. Then decided "Heck! Why not replace the whole porch while we're getting rid of the HOD?"

So, being Casey, he did just that.

I present to you, a Porch Evolution.

detritus

the deck stands alone

pillars

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because we are klassy

in progress

moving the boards

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door!

the porch!

Voila! Now, won't you come on over and have some lemonade?

inside porch

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

oh my goodness, it's HUGE! it looks AWESOME! consider yourself a lucky woman. i feel very confident when i say that my husband will never build anything.

my dad built a porch on our house when i was little. he was out working on it at sunset one night while we were all at church, and drilled through his hand because of the low light. glad that didn't happen to casey :)

thechristinaedwards said...

amazing!!! love it and oh so jealous.

DiBerno said...

Simply amazing! I've always wanted a porch like that. And your canopy accents it perfectly. I hope you're drinking more than just lemonade.

Unknown said...

Noodles it looks wonderful!! I will definitely make it down to sit and have cold coffee on the new porch!!

Frogs Mom said...

Impressive! That's like a whole other room! Is there a corner for the washer and dryer?

Molly said...

I wish I was sitting on the lovely new porch! Hats off to you and your craftsmanship Case!

natalie said...

Michele: yes, washer/dryer in the corner! Diana: Margaritas. Definitely. Whit: Cold coffee is ready and waiting!

Shannon said...

Just discovered your blog from your comment on Cup of Jo and I love it! What an incredible porch evolution! Gives me hope for our measly backyard covered in weeds. ;)

Shannon
www.11thandshannon.com