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| My daughter using power tools |
Hubby's friend is downsizing his home. Friend asked hubby if he wanted to buy the patio furniture. Hubby had me look at it, and given that it's a thousand times nicer than what we had, I said yes.
The only problem is, our patio is too small for the set. The solution: Build me a bigger patio, of course! And, while we were at the friend's house, I noticed that his covered porch was open to the rafters, something I've been wanting a long time because the squirrels have been building nests between the ceiling and the rafters. I'd been trying to get hubby to make that change for me, but until I pointed out at the friend's house that I wanted my patio roof like his, he didn't get it. Once he understood, he agreed to tear down the ceiling.
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| In the back is the ceiling still needing to come down |
Except... several owners before us decided to "improve" the roof, but rather than tear down and re-build, they built over. So, when hubby tore down the ceiling, we found two OTHER roofs and the remnants of a second-floor balcony. For whatever reason, we can never take on the easy projects.
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| The deck (so far) and some of my new furniture |
Welcome to my summer office (in progress!).
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| If you pretend all the patio junk isn't on the lawn, it's very pretty! |
8 comments:
Wow!!! Congrats! When you're finished, if you all could come to my home and build something that would be great! :0)
Hahahaha.... We still have too many projects here. But you can come over anytime and sit on my deck with me.
wow--two other roofs and a second floor balcony? I think I know why the squirrels liked it so much! Looks like it's going to be an awesome patio :)
It looks totally awesome!!!!
Rachelle, I'm really excited for it! And to have given the squirrels an eviction notice. Oh, wait. They weren't given notice. ;)
Camy, you, too, can have a glorious outdoor writing paradise.
Don’t worry, Danica, you’ll get there! But seeing as you posted this last May, I’m sure you’re done with the entire project. I think your hubby did a good decision in tearing it down. Building over an old roof may cause more damage, and future damages will be hard to point out.
Sierra Nordgren
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