Despite hitting a minor bump, I finished up the new floor on the porch by adding the last of the base trim over the weekend. Overall, I was pleased with how the floor worked out. I knew the floor wasn’t level – which is one of the reasons we went with the vinyl – but I also knew the room wasn’t square and was concerned the tile pattern might highlight that fact. Happily, that wasn’t the case.

From there, the DW has been diligently working on painting. All of the white trim is due for a fresh coat. But first, she has been working on covering the bright pink. It’s amazing how some colors just don’t seem to disappear. We’ve used the same yellow paint we’re using on the porch elsewhere in the house to cover up some dark colors, but even after two coats over the pink, I swear I can still see it. I hope we don’t regret not using a primer.

And back to that “minor bump” I started this post with. The porch project was supposed to be simple… new floor, new paint, done. I’ve mentioned before that with an old house it’s often hard to tell when to cut off some projects. That seems to be the case because a hole in the wall in November wasn’t in the plans…

I guess that means there will be a third update on this project.