the sunroom - part 1

Back in the winter, I asked my dad if he would put in a new back door for us since the old one pretty much did nothing to keep out any sort of cold air. That lead to a new front door, new deck railing and a new sunroom! I'm sure you see the connection! 

This is our progress. I should make note that this was once a porch. Someone closed it in with 7 windows and particle board. It had an old, falling apart porch ceiling and cement floor. No heat or cooling source. So it was hot in the summer and freezing in the winter.

This the room when we looked at the house. Eh.

We painted the particle board (real classy) and bought a cheap carpet remnant. The previous one was pretty much thread bare.

And then it became the room where the car and the rest of the house overflowed to. The only closet space in the house is 3 small closets upstairs. So we hung our coats on hooks on the wall. We used it for playing, working, storage and exercise space. And Millie's personal lounge.

So Dad pulled off all the walls and took out 5 windows.

Put in a new front door and storm door.

And re-sided where the windows used to be.

Dad's personal assistant.

He put up drywall.

And made a closet. Hallelujah!

Then he left for a week. Our "homework" was to finish all the drywall and stain and polyurathane all the trim. Who remembers the "homework" on the TLC show "Trading Spaces"?

This was the laundry I wasn't folding . . .

While I was burning brain cells in the garage staining and polyurathaning all of this.

My goal was to get the room and ceiling painted before Dad got back, but it just wasn't in the cards.

Sophie didn't have school last week, so she was Dad's assistant a couple of days while we worked. 

So, we're almost done. Dad created a vent for heat and AC. Put up all the trim. New door. New siding. All that is left is for me to get the doors to the closet stained, new carpet to be put in, and storage box in that little nook for more storage space.

This is so great and such a much more liveable space. My Dad has a vision for things, that's for sure. The best part about him being here for 2 weeks? The time he got to spend with my kids. They had a great time having Gary Pap here!