For several months now I have been working on my porch at home. I am not the handiest man in the world, but I try to do as much as I can so that I can save a few dollars. This is the biggest project that I have ever taken on and soon to be the most rewarding as I am almost finished.

A little background into the porch last summer my fiance and I decided it was time to update our porch because it had become a little outdated. By outdated I mean it was a simple concrete floor and 1970’s era wood paneling. Unfortunately I made the mistake of not taking and before pictures and we didn’t have any to start. We decided that we wanted to run lights to each side of the porch, insulate and drywall the porch, and put in some carpet & tile to make the room more comfortable.

I never really expected to document my progress so the pictures aren’t great but here is what it looks like after we stripped the drop ceiling and the wood paneling off the walls.

You may have noticed to our surprise the porch was already insulated, well the walls were. and that made life much easier. After I stripped the walls and ceiling of the ugliness that was on them I ran electric to each side of the porch so that when finished we could easily install new lighting. A key item in any room. I also installed a can light in the middle of the room between the doors. Now I can see my keyhole at night.

So then it was time for drywall. I don’t know if you have ever done drywall before, but mudding and taping around 14 windows is the worst thing that has ever happened. But it was starting to look good.

Finishing the drywall was something of a relief. I could now move on to a new part of the project. I have been drywalling for weeks and was ready to be done. With the drywall hung and mudded last weekend we were able to get the first coat of white primer on the walls and the room looks great.

One more coat of primer, a couple of coats of good paint, carpet, tile, and trim are what we have left to do. Keep in touch and watch the progress as the porch gets closer to finished.