More painting

As fall is approaching, I'm trying to get some things finished on the outside of the house.
The back porch isn't completely finished, but it's much closer. The corner pieces have been painted and put up, and the lattice underneath has been painted.

There is still some detail work on the overhangs to be done, but more paint and a really tall ladder is needed for that.

The side porch took up a lot of time this summer. The humidity of August stopped much progress, as well as the need for a really tall ladder. Here's a photo of the 2nd floor level last January.

And here's the upstairs today: The chairs came from a friend's garage sale. They were already beige, so I added a little color to match. The doors of this porch open onto the 2nd floor bedrooms, one of which is the "yarn room".

The downstairs is still awaiting some finishing. When we moved in the bottom level had a ceiling, however, there was no waterproofing done, so the ceiling plywood was rotting and falling out. Instead we removed it all and just went with open beams. The problem with that was the wiring for the light was just laid down in the ceiling, meaning conduit had to be run for the light fixture.

The detail woodwork is already primed. The detail work will be done whenever I get a tall enough ladder and more paint. Then the ceiling can be sprayed, the floor can be painted, and a matching hanging light installed. The original porch had corner pieces as well, and bits of those have been found among all the wood in the basement. The new porch is built a bit differently, so we'll have to construct new corner pieces that match the old ones. They were solid carved blocks, so it shouldn't be too hard.

Finally, here's a picture from inside. We test-painted a section of the 2nd floor living room to see if we really want to paint the entire room teal. It looks like it's a go.