Bye-bye deck, hello patio! [Archive]

happystuff

11-13-21, 3:33pm

Limited me to 5 photos per post, so here is the last of the deck.

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I'm sooooo happy and can't wait to be able to get out there and enjoy it.

happystuff

11-13-21, 3:35pm

Never mind - figured things out. Thanks anyway!!!

iris lilies

11-13-21, 3:49pm

So much better!

I will miss my old brick patio so much when we move to Hermann.

catherine

11-13-21, 3:51pm

Tradd

11-13-21, 4:14pm

Looks great!

JaneV2.0

11-13-21, 4:20pm

I much prefer patios--good work!

Teacher Terry

11-13-21, 4:46pm

I am a big fan of patios!

Tybee

11-13-21, 5:12pm

Beautiful patio!

rosarugosa

11-13-21, 5:20pm

Congratulations on your new patio. Enjoy!

lmerullo

11-13-21, 5:33pm

So much more space! Nice!

happystuff

11-13-21, 6:34pm

Thanks, everyone! I'm still thrilled and it's all I can do to not run out and just buy a fire pit/chiminea and chairs and tables and etc. LOL. I will wait!

Yes, it's definitely more space and more open. Need a few minor adjustments by the steps/door, but I am sooo happy!

Next up will be pictures of the new decking on both the front porches! I'm loving the look and sound of all this "no maintenance" stuff!

ToomuchStuff

11-13-21, 7:49pm

Paving stones or patterned concrete?

happystuff

11-13-21, 8:03pm

Paving stones.

razz

11-14-21, 10:10am

Looks so good, stable and permanent.

iris lilies

11-14-21, 11:23am

I'm so jealous!! I really want a patio. It's on my wish list. A nice flagstone patio, so that we don't have to move the outdoor table every 2 weeks to keep the grass from dying under everyone's feet.

Looks GREAT, happy stuff!

Ask your sons to knock it out one weekend. Easy-peasy.

We will bring a truck full of Victorian era brick to you for that patio when we pick up those twin beds. Haha.

what happened to them anyway?

happystuff

11-14-21, 11:28am

catherine

11-15-21, 9:44am

Ask your sons to knock it out one weekend. Easy-peasy.

We will bring a truck full of Victorian era brick to you for that patio when we pick up those twin beds. Haha.

what happened to them anyway?

We wound up bringing all the stuff up here to our new 10x10 storage unit. I kept telling DH that I was fine with putting the Ethan Allen table and the chairs on the curb, and also the frame for the twin bed headboards because the frames would have to be rebuilt anyway, but he did a weird turnaround and became the person who pushed for just bringing everything up and sorting it out later.

I am a bit fearful that someday after we're gone the kids will open up that locker and those things will still be sitting there.

Tybee

11-15-21, 9:49am

I don't think that will happen; I think someone in the family will be using them again by then. Good choice.

happystuff

12-8-21, 2:01pm

And all the contracted work is done! Here are the front porches with the new decking, new white posts supports and white bottom trim around.

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The stone basement and outside foundation has been patched where needed, so a little less drafty down there.

The power-washing of the house will be done in the spring, as the temperatures are now too cold.

We are now ready to settle into a more frugal winter. LOL.

iris lilies

12-8-21, 2:03pm

Blue trim on your yellow house…nice! I wouldn’t have thought of that color combo, but it works doesn’t it? And you have an 1800s house!

catherine

12-8-21, 2:06pm

Such a pretty house!

happystuff

12-8-21, 2:09pm

Blue trim on your yellow house…nice! I wouldn’t have thought of that color combo, but it works doesn’t it? And you have an 1800s house!

Yes, we believe somewhere around mid-1800's. Can't seem to get an exact date, but haven't looked too hard.

Edited to add: It's actually blue and grey combo. Mostly grey with the blue on portions of the posts.

happystuff

12-8-21, 2:13pm

Such a pretty house!

Thanks. It's our "starter home" 30 years later. LOL

Teacher Terry

12-8-21, 2:34pm

It looks like my Kenosha home which was my favorite and built in 1920. I love it!!

frugal-one

12-8-21, 5:17pm

We are still in our starter home… 30 years later. Tried upscaling in 2008, didn’t even have to selll this house, but every offer we made fell through. The last did not want an attorney. We said no way. Just gave up. Turns out it was a good thing because the market crashed shortly thereafter.

JaneV2.0

12-8-21, 5:59pm

I've come to the conclusion that making your first house your last is a sound and satisfying plan.

rosarugosa

12-8-21, 6:46pm

We are also still living in our starter home 36 years later, although I had always thought we would be here for the long haul. It's only in recent years that I've started wondering if that's the best thing to do.
I love your house, Happy, and I'm especially smitten with your porch!

razz

12-8-21, 8:03pm

Love the yellow siding! It looks like a lot of square feet to enjoy.

happystuff

12-9-21, 10:26am

Thanks, everyone. I'm happy with how it turned out.

Yes, lots of room - more than we really need, so I'm still on the idea of down-sizing within the next 2 years or so.

Teacher Terry

12-9-21, 3:24pm

How big is your house?

happystuff

12-9-21, 11:48pm

How big is your house?

You will laugh, but I don't know the square footage. Big living room and dining room (not used as a dining room), three bedrooms, two full baths, decent size kitchen, family room, full attic and basement under main house. When we bought it, that little porch to the side was to a one bedroom apartment, but we have since broken through.

Teacher Terry

12-10-21, 3:00pm

I won’t laugh because I don’t know the sq ft of my Kenosha house either. That has a 2 room apartment we made and the attic is remodeled for living space. I looked on Zillow years ago and it didn’t say.

Teacher Terry

12-10-21, 3:44pm

So I went on Zillow and it said that the house is 1782 sq ft. So what we lived in minus the very small 2 room apartment which I am guessing was 300 sq ft. The house was on 3 levels plus a basement for storage and laundry. We felt like it was huge after living in apartments. You can still probably find yours on Zillow.

rosarugosa

12-10-21, 7:21pm

Zillow says our house is 770 SF, so that never got updated with the 170 SF addition we put on in the early nineties. But there is no denying that our house is small.

happystuff

12-11-21, 11:31am

According to Zillow the house is 2016 sf. I had a feeling it was close to, if not over 2000.

Edited to add: Too big for me at this point in my life. :)

razz

12-11-21, 12:40pm

When one thinks about it, it is amazing how much information today's technology has made available. Your checking with Zillow struck me as one of those moments. Nowadays we just take it for granted.

happystuff

12-11-21, 12:57pm

When one thinks about it, it is amazing how much information today's technology has made available. Your checking with Zillow struck me as one of those moments. Nowadays we just take it for granted.

True. Sometimes, however, I actually find it somewhat frightening.

iris lilies

12-11-21, 1:17pm

According to Zillow the house is 2016 sf. I had a feeling it was close to, if not over 2000.

Edited to add: Too big for me at this point in my life. :)

I assume Zillow takes their measurements from your county assessor’s records. The Zillow measurement also was not true for our house because we added two story addition 30+ years ago. The addition was fully permitted and is on city records, but they don’t catch that additional square footage.