At one time the porch had outdoor carpet. I still don't get the concept of it, do you vacuum it? We had it at our old house, and it was awful to try and keep clean, and I did pull out the vacuum once or twice. But anyways, the carpet was gone when we bought the place, but there were a few strangler pieces left behind, and lots of yellowed glue on the cement. It appears somebody tried to remedy that by doing a less than satisfactory red paint job. Possibly the same red paint they used on the
kitchen tile.
Add to that all of our construction mess being drug over it, and it was looking pretty grungy.
I spent the early afternoon scrubbing the cement, all the while disguising it as water play time for the baby. Then a can of pre-tinted porch paint and one glorious hour and a half nap later...
It's looking a whole lot better. Hopefully everybody can figure out how to walk around it when they get off work! I had originally left a strip down the middle, but with Hez still asleep I'd be crazy not to just finish it! I'll probably do another coat though. Dirty spider webed walls look like they need some attention too. And the gate could use a fresh coat of black. And the light needs replacing...and...
