I didn’t want to post anything about my porch until I had actually FIXED said porch.. so here is the short version: I went to NY about three weekends ago, and watched my sister and her husband totally revitalize their backyard by renting a power-washer from their local hardware store.
They used it with remarkable success on their fence boards, patio stone, and small deck, so much so that I vowed to do the same to my front porch. Upon excitedly telling my husband all about this, he adamantly refused to agree to this brilliant idea, and when I would not be dissuaded, declared this to be “my project,” and divested himself of any fall-out.
This should of course have been my clue to back away from the idea (seeing as Jason has decades more experience with home-fixing-etc… ) but I was SO convinced by the evidence of my sister’s triumph that I drove straight to Home Depot and rented myself a power washer of my own.
The porch before power washing (with the hose lying there innocently)
As you can see from the image above, the wood is a horrid grey color and I was determined to revitalize it AND remove the green ugly paint from the railings.
So… that isn’t exactly what happened. It turns out that old weathered wood doesn’t stand up to the POWER of a power washer… instead.. it kind of disintegrates… see below:
Sigh.
So, suffice to say, I found myself in the proverbial doghouse with the hubby, which led me to quickly design and create a NEW porch (in three weekends):
I’m still trying to decide what design could go under the porch, so you see a space for now… anyone have thoughts? Going to FB some design ideas, try and crowdsource an idea.
