A New Porch

Next week the new screened in porch project will be started. The deck was rotting--you should see the planks we walked across--and so we are replacing it with a screened in porch. Also, a porch will create more shade, which will keep the "big room" cooler in the summer. Mike found a company he is comfortable with, and they start on Wednesday. He thought long and hard about tackling it himself, but decided it was too big a project for do-it-yourself. He and Andrew did take off the old deck before Andrew left for college a week ago.

There is no shade out back of the house, and this will make a much more pleasant place to visit and entertain during three of the seasons. So these are the "before picture" and the "Step 1 picture" of the new project!