Stepping Up our Porch Repair

We were in our house less than three days when a gentleman from the City of Green Bay stopped by. He knew that we had just purchased the home, but he still wanted to make sure we were "aware of" the numerous code and/or safety violations that we had inherited. (While we were having this conversation outside, we already had plumbers and electricians working inside to fix various issues, including several code violations.)

One of the things he mentioned were the broken, crumbling front steps. No kidding! They looked like this!

The steps were in bad shape.

We knew that the steps would be replaced during our porch repair project.

Part of the bottom step has already been cut away and removed.

Eric Roffers from Roffers Concrete Construction did a fantastic job in knowing what to do to make our steps look original. He ordered some forms so that when the concrete was poured, it would be rounded on the front edge of each of the steps.

The forms are in! Now we're just waiting for the concrete.

Laundry Room Cabinets

Our laundry room is almost complete! Now that the wall had been repaired to hide the plumbing and electrical work, we were able to choose a paint color. We went with a very light blue.

The finished wall before painting.

Now that our custom cabinets have been installed in our laundry room, we knew we wanted to get some old-fashioned glass knobs for them. We went to House of Antique Hardware's website to see what we could find.

The wall was painted, and the cabinet was installed.

We decided on the large glass hexagonal style. They look great against the white doors!

Finished!

We're Back

We know, we know... It's been a long time since we posted anything on our progress with restoring our 1902 Victorian.

We have been so busy with the new addition.

Here's a picture:

Now that we're settling into our new family dynamic, watch for us to start posting more regularly. Thank you!