P1030157.JPG;old carpet, worn out to say the least|||P1030158.JPG;all furniture and welcome mat removed|||P1030159.JPG;blue ceiling getting primed|||P1030160.JPG;used an entire gallon sized container of bondo on porch|||P1030161.JPG;all carpet removed, ready to start sanding and patching|||P1030162.JPG;floor was pretty rough where all the foot traffic goes|||P1030163.JPG;|||P1030164.JPG;final coat on ceiling, dove white|||P1030165.JPG;|||P1030166.JPG;very liberal amounts of bondo to keep the floor together in the front|||P1030167.JPG;primer going down, new caulk applied|||P1030169.JPG;|||P1030170.JPG;|||P1030171.JPG;light brown top coat, didnt like the look of it from a distance|||P1030172.JPG;|||P1030192.JPG;|||P1030193.JPG;|||P1030194.JPG;|||P1030195.JPG;|||P1030196.JPG;|||AlbumDescription;<p>Our front porch was carpeted when we moved in. I thought that was pretty tacky. The previous owners had pretty good taste however so I figured it must have been carpeted for a reason, like to hide a huge hole or something. Well after 6 years the carpet was shot. It had ripped right where first step onto the porch and the cats were not helping either. Nikki and I decided to re-carpet the porch with a neutral beige outdoor carpet.</p>
<p>We pulled up the carpet and to our surprise, there was not any serious damage to be repaired beyond what we had already seen. Instead of laying down more carpet we instead decided to paint the front porch.</p>
<p>One thing lead to another as they always do in home improvement projects. By the time we were done, we had:</p>
<ul>
<li>primed and painted our blue ceiling</li>
<li>removed the old carpet and staples</li>
<li>sanded entire porch</li>
<li>patched porch with bondo</li>
<li>re-caulking on floor along house</li>
<li>removed metal flashing all the way around porch and refinished wood underneath</li>
<li>primed and painted the porch</li>
<li>repeated all the above steps on the back porch too</li>
</ul>
<p>Not only that, we were not happy with the first floor color we used so we painted it again. The second coat was dark and it took two coats to look even. I hope we never have to paint that porch again.</p>|||