This was my porch...
It was okay, but I felt with all the visible coats and shoes scattered about, it was junky and cluttered.
This is my porch during...
Sorry for some of the poor quality pics; phone camera
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| My sister and I decided to spend two days at each others house and be their helper. For her turn at my house, we built two of these tall cabinets. I was grateful for the team work as these succers were heavy! She did most of the painting on the insides too.....not my favorite thing to do! |
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| I bought these two corbels from the Re-Store a few years ago. They were marked $5.00 each but the day that I was there, all of the moldings were 50% off!! The hoarder in me knew I would need them. Thanks hoarder in me!! |
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| Same thing for unit two. |
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| You get a better sense of the added sides in this pic. Both units are in! |
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| I repurposed the old shelf, thus all the wood filler. |
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| Installation of cornice moldings and corbels. |
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| Building of the bench. No worries of this baby collapsing :) |
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| Ran out of plywood for the bench top, but I was able to scrounge some exterior ply from our building leftovers. Thus the two different finishes of the top. I biscuit joined a two inch strip of solid oak to the front edge and intended to sew a cushion for the top to cover the plywood. After it was all stained, I decided I liked it the way it was. Front legs are being assembled in the picture. |
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| Bench top is removed for staining and a coat of white paint was applied to everything else. |
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| The finishing touches; installing the trim! |
The now pictures!
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| These were another hoarding deal. I paid under $3.00 for these monster hooks many years ago and used them in my old closet. As I have been working on a new closet, I was able to re-purpose them to the porch! And yes....Candy does fix EVERYTHING!!!!! |
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| Yes! I even built the doors. They were probably the easiest thing about the whole project. Sorry no pics. |
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| I used beadboard wallpaper above the bench. I will still have to paint this. I am hoping it will hold up to the abuse of the front entrance. I bought it at Lowes, and I am not sure of the quality as it tore pretty easily during installation. |
By the way, if you are wondering where all the coats went, I installed three hooks in each unit. Now we can cram all of our outerwear in there!
I am so happy for this new build. THANKS to my sister, who helped me build both of the side units!
Cheers.
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