The Veranda - Part 2

Alrighty, we're back with more porch pics today! Let's see, where did we leave things? Oh right: gettin' in all those juicy detail shots.

Here are a few more before and afters of the facia...again with the leprosy look. Though still not smooth as a baby's bottom, it's a darn sight better.

Before:

After:

And the mammoth pillars before:

And after:

Our woodworker did all the dirty work, and some preliminary filling with Bondo, but Jesse went back over and really did some finesse sanding and smoothing of the surfaces before we started to paint.

Speaking of...

We had such a difficult time choosing our colors. Especially since the house is not in its final state. We wanted a soft white, and went with Behr's Spun Wool for the trim. Love it.

The floor color, however, was a different story...

Options:

 More options:

We were pretty sure we wanted a warm gray. Not too cool and cement-y looking, not too warm and brownish. Not too light, not too dark...

Ended up going with Chinchilla (can't remember who that color is by...).

And though in the sample it looked perfect, in the end it looked very...purple. And nearly identical to the color the previous owners had painted the front door (which we didn't like).

Ah, well. Ya win some, ya lose some. - Here is what the pro-sanders got the floor to before we washed and started filling/painting using Behr's deckover:

I should probably do a detailed review of the Deckover product, but within the confines of this post I'll just say: we're not big fans, and wouldn't necessarily recommend it for tongue and groove flooring. That said, it did give us a good thick (hopefully) durable coating, leveled things out a bit and really, I'm not sure what else we could have used in our rather unusual situation. 

We got so desperate excited to start using the porch that when there was the slightest bit of a break in the sanding action, we'd pop some furniture back up and enjoy a meal al fresco!

Many, many, many hours of painting later - including the front door which got a coat of Spun Wool on the trim, and Grey Mist on the door itself (thank you a million times over, my blessed painting angel husband), and we're ready for some finished-for-now pics:

Welcome to the Veranda! Come and sit a spell...