Porch Musings

It took me almost three days to get the porch finished.  From laminating the posts, sanding, painting and fitting together it was a lesson in patience.  I think the porch took longer to build than the whole house to date!  Well, okay, maybe I exaggerate a little . . . but not much.

I decided to paint the posts and trim before putting it together, because it would have been quite a chore to do it after everything was together.  I'm so glad I did it this way.  It also gave me the opportunity to think about how to use the colors chosen for the house.  So far, I'm liking the combination of cream, garnet and gold.  I'm anxious now to get the siding on so I can paint the body of the house.

I think the base of the posts needs a little decoration, but I'm not sure what.  I might wait until I get the bannisters and trim up before I decide if it does in fact need anything.

I decided to use interior latex paint instead of craft paint so that I wouldn't have to varnish everything.  I was able to get sample sizes of the trim colors in a satin latex and a quart of the main house color also in a satin latex.  I wanted some shine, but not too much.

I'm very happy with the porch and I added a little surprise on the porch ceiling.  I did use craft paints here and created a custom blue mixing two colors together.  I'm happy with the results!  Do you know why porch ceilings (especially in the south) are painted blue?  Find out here.  I'm inspired to paint my own real house porch ceiling blue!

Today, the plan is to stain all the doors I have (some are still on order) and clear space for the mundane task of sanding, painting and gluing trim and windows.  Oh joy.