Bits and Pieces I

Over Memorial Day weekend I sanded and painted our Front Porch. I thought I had 'before' pictures, so I didn't take any.....Dumb.....Will be more careful in the future...However, I think the porch came out great...To give you an idea of what it looked like originally; it had that horrible green indoor/outdoor grass like carpeting, it was worn through and full of nasty holes. Once I ripped the carpet up, I found worn grey painted wood, so I started sanding....In one area a huge chunk of paint came off and I discovered that our front porch is made of the same hardwood flooring in the house! David let me use his belt sander; until I ripped through two sanding belts within about 2 minutes...I couldn't help that the wood had some peculiar tendencies. At least when I tore up the belts, I was close to finishing. So I just took the sanding belts and sanded the rest by hand.....Painting the porch was a challenge, because of the weather. Trying to get it painted before rain set in, but after it had warmed up a bit...But I was able to get it done! I used a floor paint that has the polyurethane already built in (love that stuff), but because the porch is subject to getting wet, I added a tread-tex, so people won't slip. Stuff works great, but you have to stir the paint a lot more often. The final touch to the porch is an outdoor rug that is blue/beige to break up all of the white.We also bought a beautiful blue-grey paint for the front and back doors, will get to that soon (before pics, I know!).
Oh! My Iris's finally bloomed; here is a picture!
More later.