Carolyn Braden says "Stripping the Front Door.....Can't Wait Until I am Finished!"

Here is how far I am on stripping the front door.  I am using a heat gun and scraping small amounts away at a time.  I am on day two so I think I've done pretty well for my first time doing this.  There are little intricate wooden flowers along the glass underneath all the thick, ugly, chipping black paint.  Why, oh, why would someone paint over such a beautiful door!?!?  When I am finished stripping it, we will sand it and and varnish it.  It will be so beautiful! 

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Carolyn Braden says "Our finished downstairs porch!"

We finished our downstairs porch! Now both porches are complete! Our
upstairs porch is in "Key West" colors, and our downstairs is "Modern
Tropics" with accents of lime green. These colors and themes were all
designed by me, and my husband, Tommy, did all the construction and
handiwork. Both porches were put together using many things we
already had. We painted some things in different colors to freshen
them up. We had the reed fencing we put up on the downstairs porch
leftover from fencing our backyard a while ago. :).
Now....back to the inside of the house. Next up, mudding and sanding
the foyer and I'll be stripping the front door. By this fall, we
should be ready to put new columns on the front porch!