The New and Improved Back Porch

Below are three photos of our new back porch and one before photo of it. We salvaged as much of the original back porch as we could, but the stellar enclosure job made it a nearly impossible task. The enclosure made the porch both claustrophobic and a moisture trap. The first is a sin against good taste and the second a sin against sound carpentry. Most of the porch was rotten by the time we got to it. At some later date once the house is fully enclosed and livable, we plan to install new gingerbread trim and screen it in. The wood for the bead-board ceiling was salvage from a house we demolished in Atkins last summer - another story in itself.

This porch gets the most positive feedback when we give tours of the house. The year round creek (which is impossible to see in these pictures) is about 50 feet behind the porch.