Front Porch Restoration 1

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porch column before
click to enlarge 		Column stripped
click to enlarge 		column finished
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This is the before picture of
one of the 3 porch columns. The
crown molding was rotten and
the boards under the
column were failing.
 I tore off the moldings, stripped
and sanded the column. (hours
and hours of work, 80+
years of paint.) I created a new
base for the column to sit on.
 This is the finished column
with new crown moldings. Just
needs the paint cleaned off the
bricks around the base.
Full view of finished column
click to enlarge 		Bottom weathering on beadboard
click to enlarge 		side of porch before sanding
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Here is a full view of the
restored column.
 The sides of the inside of the
porch was painted white. The bottom
was heavily weathered so I stripped
the whole side.
 Underneath was beautiful
beadboard so I decided not to
paint it but finish it with garnet
dewaxed shellac. I sanded
the weathered areas and used
a dentil pick to get in the
grooves. (not fun)
 

almost finished side
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Picture on left:  I stained the wood before
adding the shellac and it turned
out darker than I wanted. I
still have several panels to do
so I will strip this back down when I begin doing the rest and get
the correct color.
Then I'll lightly sand and
finish with a spar varnish.

Update:  

I ended up not using a stain or spar varnish on the beadboard.  I used several layers of dewaxed garnet shellac.  It has held up in the humid summers and the snow in the winters now for about 4 years.  It is a covered porch but is exposed to the elements.  It doesn't get much sun, though.  

 

Click below to see how it all turned out.

 

FRONT PORCH FLOOR

 

I also heat stripped the large board
on top of the rails and painted it
with latex. I still have to heat strip
the floor and repair some bad
boards. If the wood looks nice
I'll stain and finish it instead of painting it. 

I'll probably stencil a
trompe l'oeil rug where the
porch furniture will go someday.

    

UPDATED

ALMOST DONE! Click here for more pictures!

FRONT PORCH 2