A Rare Look At The Back Of Our House (And Interim Plans)

Till then, let’s speak concerning the again of our home and our again patio. I don’t present this space of our home a lot (if ever) as a result of, fairly frankly, it’s ugly. Y’all know I’ve needed to tear down the sunroom and construct an addition again right here for the final ten years. However right here we’re, in 2026, and we nonetheless have the sunroom.

Once we had the brand new siding put in and painted, I had them cease on the sunroom as a result of I didn’t wish to waste cash on a room that I assumed could be passed by now. So not solely is it ugly, however it additionally stands proud like a sore thumb as a result of it’s a totally completely different shade.

I’m additionally occupied with lastly eliminating this awkward fire planter combo. We’ve by no means used the hearth, and I wouldn’t even really feel secure utilizing it with that tree so near it. And the planters are falling aside and act as a weed manufacturing facility proper now. I’ve needed to eliminate them for therefore lengthy now, however I all the time thought I’d delay any initiatives again right here till we get the addition constructed. However I’m bored with ready.

I feel with a coat of paint on the sunroom and people planters and fireside eliminated, the again of our home might look…respectable. It received’t look nice so long as that sunroom is there, however respectable is healthier than what it’s now.

And eradicating that planter and fireside would go a good distance in the direction of opening up that space visually and making the entire again yard feel and look extra usable.

Proper now, we don’t even use our again patio in any respect. For the reason that sunroom has been used as a storage room for therefore lengthy, we principally keep away from it altogether, which signifies that the patio isn’t simply accessible. So I take advantage of the patio for initiatives (I’ve painted many a cupboard door on the market over time), and that’s the place I collect all of my outdated partially empty paint cans that may’t be thrown away within the common trash and need to be taken in for recycling.

However now that the plan is to really use the sunroom as a house gymnasium (which is able to hopefully be short-term, however I do not know how lengthy that can be), that signifies that this patio can be extra accessible to us. So I’m including these items to my record of the out of doors initiatives that I’d wish to deal with. I don’t suppose it’ll ever look nice so long as that sunroom continues to be there, however I can think about the realm with the siding painted to match the remainder of the home, the planters and fireside gone, and the patio arrange with a cute out of doors seating space that we are able to truly take pleasure in.