My dad recently finished resurfacing our crumbling concrete porch! There’s still work to do, but the worst of the project is finally behind us. Before Our porch was cracked and crumbling. Luckily the damage was concentrated in one area: along the edge and near the steps. As I noted in my previous post about replacing […]

The kick plate on my front door was shiny brass, even though the rest of the hardware had developed a nice patina over the years. I’m not sure if this style of door is even supposed to have a kick plate, but because of the visible damage on the door itself, I had to put it back. But […]

Our front door was in bad shape after years of neglect. The finish was completely flaking off, revealing the bare wood underneath. See what I mean? Bad, bad. It was liable to give you bloody knuckles if you tried to knock. After some initial indecision about whether to stain or paint, I started scoping out […]

I’ll have a more complete post next week, but I couldn’t resist sneaking you a peek at our newly refinished front door. Yowza, it’s pretty!