Before and After Wednesday - Back Porch Remodel

I am joining Kathleen at The Dedicated House

 for
 Our Back Porch Remodel

Before & After 
 

Six and half years ago, when were ready to downsize, God gave us the most perfect - for us - little jewel box of a house.  It is a Garden Home in one of the most desirable gated communities in our city, Twelve Oaks.

Did I say it was a gift?

Before
We loved our little back porch and spent as much time out there as our Louisiana weather would permit.  To help keep the pesky mosquitoes away, we had a custom ordered Mosquito Curtain installed.  It worked but our use was still limited to a few nice days a year.

Doors on each end open to side entry and into our master bedroom.

The flooring was stained, stamped concrete.

After much debate and some feedback from you fellow bloggers, we decided to enclose this space and make it a year-round extension of our bedroom/sunroom/breezeway.
And these are the results!

After
View from our bedroom toward side entry.
We painted the walls the same color as our bedroom which further extended that space.
We removed the original back door and used it in the new bumped-out wall.

Another view from bedroom.  Don't you just love the brightness of the new room and how the two rooms flow?

This is the opposite view - from side entry toward master.

 Now, for some details.

The sofa is really the only piece of furniture we had to buy.  Everything else was either on the back or front porches already.

The painting was given to us by a dear little lady over 40 years ago and I had it hanging in my garage.  Can you imagine anything more perfect for this spot?

We are so pleased with the new built-in cabinet and granite.  I designed the drawers to hold my placemats and napkins.  They fit perfectly!

I found these matching pillows at TJ Max and they are exactly what I needed/wanted.

This is the view from our living room.  I love the way the new room expands this space and how it looks from the front door.
We leave the windows between the rooms open for ventilation.

The plant has seen better days but seems to like its new home.

I have enjoyed arranging some of my eclectic inherited/collected items on these shelves.

View of the rear of the house and new addition.

So that is our Before and After Back Porch Enclosure.
We are loving the space and wish we could share our GIFT with each of you.