Vegetable Garden

Just some updated pictures of the raised bed. Looks like everything is on its way up. It is just a question if we will have enough time before the first frost.

Painting the Porch and the Steps

We have started to tackle painting the porch deck and steps before it gets too cold for the paint to cure. We got out the sander and hit all of the spots that had loose paint first. We were able to get paint on the steps (no picture yet) but it was getting too late to get the paint on the deck.

Painting the Porch Ceiling

Keeping with the victorian nature of the house we choose a light blue/green color for the front porch ceiling. It is nice because the house is perched up on the hill you can see the ceiling from the street when you walk by. It turned out to be a great color choice by Kristen.

Stained Glass Window Update

Well, we spent a good part of last week fixing the stained glass window pieces that I broke when I was fooling around with the window when we were moving in. We had to remove about 15 pieces (which is not easy when they are already soldered in), cut and foil new ones and solder them back into the window. We finally got the stained glass installed in the window using some cardboard shims and some silicone.
We are using the shims and the push pins to hold the window in place until the silicone has cured and then we will place some quarter round wood pieces to trim out the edge.

Fixing some post rot

We are starting to work getting the deck fixed up before the cold weather forces us to stay inside. One of the posts that hold up the front porch had some dry rot in the bottom of it. The hole was cleaned out with a screwdriver and it seems like it went about a third of the way through but only a couple inches high. If it was any larger then I would have cut out the section and scarfed in a new piece of wood. But, instead I filled the hole with wood epoxy (Bondo). It will take a little bit of sanding but then the post should be as good as new.