BACK PORCH UPDATE

Hello, there!

I hope everyone's week is going well.

Over here, we are still dealing with triple digit temperatures and it looks like the heat is not going away any time soon, but slowly and as the weather permits, we continue with our porch remodeling.

So far, nothing pretty to show you yet, but I wanted to share our progress.

While I have been sick for the last two weeks, my husband has continued working on it when he could and he was able to finish the water drainage system that he invented and the good news is, it works really well. 

Since getting rain in Texas this time of the year would be a real miracle, we had to try it using the hose from the upstairs balcony. Yes, the neighbors are really talking about us! LOL 

This is how it works. The water runs from the metal sheets into the pipes. He used all kinds of different materials underneath to prevent leaking.

The pipes run all along the length of the porch.

And they connect at the end into the water drain pipe that is original to the house.

Clever, right?

Now, all these pipes will be covered as we enclose the ceiling and to do so, we purchased this material.
We really like the bead board look. It is what we always pictured. The nice thing about these planks is that they interlock, so there won't be any visible seams.

Now we are in the process on painting them. I am using Kilim beige which is the same color we have inside our home. This color is by SW, but Lowe's was able to match in up for us on an outdoor paint.

And now, we are in the process of painting all 110 boards.

Yeah! I know! :)

This is how the final product will look if we do everything right.

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I think it will look nice with a couple of these.

Lamps Plus

And then we will be ready to install the flooring.

We are planning to use this new colonial wood walnut ceramic tile 

that has the rustic look of scraped-wood plank flooring.

Google Images 

 

After all this is said and done, we will enclose the porch and hope to be able to achieve a nice outdoor space, dry, cooler in the Summer months and free of bugs!

Tuesdays at Our Home is still live if you would like to stop by for a visit and get some wonderful inspiration.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

See you soon!