And this is how we started the weekend... The first post for the front porch... This is what the front porch looked like before..
Well, it wasn't even a real porch...Just a walkway...and a badly constructed one at that...
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| Rich used a gas powered post hole digger and I used the shovel and we dug out seven holes...then he poured the concrete and I held the post til it was partially set and then this was all done by Saturday evening and we cleaned up and went into town to see "Contagion" at the show... very riveting movie...you will never touch your face again... |
Sunday morning we got up and got to work putting in the floor joists. At the beginning I held the post at one end while Rich nailed the joist hanger. At some point I said "too bad you don't have another hammer, I could help". He looked up and said "there's a hammer right inside the door, you start on one side and hit this little piece to set it into place and then put three nails on one side, then go to the other side and put one nail into the toenail and then just finish all the rest of the nails".. "Um, yea..I can do that" and I did.. I nailed at one end and he nailed the other and it went really fast..... ..and Rich looked up and said "Do you want to take a photo to show how far we got by noon?" I took the photo and then looked at my phone.. Actually it was around 2pm....
And this is the way we left it on Sunday afternoon.. Next weekend we will put the top boards on and then it will get
RESTORE put on next spring... The wood needs to weather before using the RESTORE product.
And in between doing the porch I used a little spray paint to put a final coat on this...
I really love to spray paint. See the handle? It was brown plastic and I searched all over for a replacement but it's an odd size so I bought some of this...
and sprayed the handle...and then I got crazy and sprayed something else...but it wasn't dry so I will show you next week.. Who knew spray paint could be so much fun!
Nancy
5 comments:
I love that orange cabinet!!!
Looking great & love the orange cabinet too!!
Cute little unit you sprayed. What room is that (where you put it)? Your new front porch/deck looks nice, too...can't wait to see it finished next week.
Watch out world... Nancy is going to become the "next" grafiti artist! Just so you don't let all those fumes go to your head!
Way to use the hammer! See and he thought that you were just another pretty face!
Oops forgot to say.... when we lived in Japan... my DH painted our fridge that same color of rust-oleum! It was one of those really old fridges that have a rounded top and a tiny, tiny freezer in them.... (one that will only hold like 1/2 gal of ice cream and maybe a can or 2 of frozen juice). Anyway it was in deep need of repainting... so the plan was to do the primer and then repaint it some other color... but then we ended up buying a new side/side... this was back in 1976. We sold the old orange one to a sweet little mama-san and when we showed it to her.... (the new one had been delivered and was being unpacked) she saw it and showed us how it was so big that she could fit inside! She was a tiny little gal! Looked about as old as Mt.Fuji too!
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