Quick Porch Makeover

Back when we started this renovation, we decided to close off the back door to extend our kitchen (giving us more room for cabinets) and replace the dining room windows with a sliding glass door. That was in November of 2015. That left us with a messed up back porch for a while.

Photo of the back door from late April 2017.

During much of the renovation, the back porch was sort of a staging area. I was dreading replacing the cedar shingles and getting them to look natural so that they weren't just put back in there looking like they filled in where the old door and part of the windows used to be. One spring weekend, I finally decided that I'd be better off ripping off the rest of the cedar shingles and replacing them with something else.

Old cedar shingles removed.

New tongue-and-grove cedar planks installed and sliding door trimmed.

It's like a new room!