Spring/Summer Projects

This spring and summer is promising to be filled with back-yard projects. We can't really afford to do any of these home-improvements, but some of them need to be done.

Our first order of business is expanding the back patio. Our current 10x10 square just isn't big enough for Noah to ride on anymore.

We also need to expand the patio because we plan to build an arbor along much of the back of our house. The arbor will hopefully be aesthetically pleasing as well as functional in providing a weather-break (both sun and rain). We plan to do something along these lines, but maybe not quite so ornate. We will either use spaced strips or sheets of lattice to partially cover the top.

We would probably wait until next summer to build the arbor if it wasn't for the fact that we need to replace the rotting LP T-111 siding on the back of our house (south side). We plan to replace it with Hardi-Plank horizontal lap siding (like we have on the front of the house) and need to have the nailer board for the arbor lag-bolted (and flashed) to the plywood sheeting before we put the siding on.

After all that, we need to paint the whole house. The back is the worst because of the beating it takes (and because it will have new siding), but we may as well paint the whole house while we are at it. We aren't sure if we want to use the same Tan-Taupe color or try a new darker (trendier) color. Hopefully we can work out some kind of work trade between ourselves and Doug & Sandy (who also need to paint their house).

I'm sure the end result of all these projects will be nice, but I sure am not looking forward to the projects themselves...

Posted by jethro at March 16, 2005 09:03 PM | TrackBack