Taking back the porch ...

Originally the front of our house was a screened in porch with an upper balcony. At some point the structure was closed in, the old exterior wall removed and the area made part of the interior space of the cottage. While it adds to the square footage and allows for year round enjoyment of the beautiful view it was an awkward addition. The area wasn't really part of the livingroom, but it also wasn't defined as it's own separate area.

For a while Mike and I considered returning the structure back to a porch. Fortunately sanity prevailed and we came up with a solution that will allow us to enjoy the view, separate the space from the livingroom and utilize the area twelve months of the year ... the indoor porch ...

Pre-move-in (ie. previous owner's layout & stuff)

In keeping with our "recycled" home theme for the crooked cottage, the windows across the top of the interior porch wall were purchased for $25 from an architectural salvage yard. Some more pieces of finish trim need to be added and the whole unit painted. In the spring the front of the house will be reframed to accommodate a full wall of narrower, side-by-side windows, similar to the look of a screened in porch. Oh, and flooring. We need new flooring. That is the last hold out patch of the nasty, dirty old carpet and it has.to.go!!