This home was built in the early 1900s. At one point in history, Its original wrap-around porch was closed in and made weather tight. A large section was finished into interior living space while another section, at the front of the home, was left unheated as a window porch. When the client purchased the property she wanted to make some upgrades. Pleased with the style of the window porch we maintained that original appearance but did a complete rebuild only saving the oak flooring and the roof structure.
To bring the porch up to modern standards and codes, complete removal and reframe of the porch were mandatory. Once reframed, we replaced the windows as they were originally laid out, insulated the walls and ceiling to modern code, opened the door to the interior into a 5-foot wide entryway, added a mini-split climate control unit to heat and cool the space, along with some modern lighting.
The interior finish came out great. The oak flooring showed no signs of the construction, the continuous window sill turned out beautiful, added a top sill on the window frame for trinket shelving, made some shiplap for the once exterior wall, and also replaced the 3 windows just inside the entryway of the new addition.
The exterior was then finished in a 5″ lap LP Smart Side matching the original siding on the house. We then continued to paint the porch, all soffit, fascia, and upper-level windows to match this newly remodeled porch and home.
The home owner was estatic with the final results. She had been wanting a room for spinning her own thread and weaving blankets. With all the natural light and top sill shelf it was perfect for her work.