Last weekend the porch projects continued. When I removed our old metal fence, it left us with some wounds that needed to be repaired. I already had a stucco patch and color matched our house paint from my house number project. So this project was 100 % free ( well at least that's how it started).
Clearly my house was once teal! |
Next I washed all the areas that needed to be patched with warm water and Mr. Clean. Oh, and check out my audience for the day:
Lily LOVES looking out the window! |
Even though the stucco dried fairly quickly, I let it set overnight before sanding and painting over my patches. I was very surprised that it covered with only one coat of paint!
To the left as you walk thru the gate opening, before and after. |
While I was patching away, Tim decided to take down one of the MANY lights. We are still pretty uncertain about what we want for lighting in this area however, we both knew the existing lights MUST go! So down they came!
Honestly, who needs this many lights? |
We simply capped off and covered the electrical box on each column. For now, I like it without lights however the electrical is still there if I change my mind once we get closer to our vision!
So here comes the part of the project that morphs into two additional projects. We decided that since we took down the above mentioned lights, we should really just take down all the outdoor lighting and "start over". I have been itching to switch out the lights for something less ornate and white, perhaps Oil- rubbed bronze? At this point, Tim also decided he hated our solar lights and wanted to replace them too! I still have to take pictures of the final products and then I will post more on that!
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