Big Changes as the Renovation Continues.....

A ton of work has happened on my house over the last few weeks and things are really starting to take shape.  The first project was replacing the garage door.  I had an 8’ wide by 7’ tall door but it is a little too tight for my truck to fit.  My brother and I removed the old door; made the opening a foot wider, removed the angles at the top, and then installed a new door and molding.  I have windows coming next week to put in the garage doors as well. 

In the above picture you can also see that I have removed the vinyl siding by the garage doors and am adding stone to this location as well.  I had to put in a new backer board and add the metal lath but it will really tie the house together all across the front. 

You may have also noticed that the house color is now different.  This weekend my brother and I started to repaint the house.  We found the color on a house in Castle Pines and my brother went up to the owner and asked the colors and they actually had all the color codes so it made it very easy to match.  The picture below is just the start as we still have gutters and accent colors but it will give you an idea of where we are heading.  This house has vinyl siding on it so we had to use a special paint from Sherwin-Williams that can adhere to vinyl but it also reflects heat to keep the vinyl from warping.  We only were able to get the main siding color completed on the front of the house this weekend and will work on the rest over the next few weeks.  Also, you can probably see the roof color does not look that good with the new colors.  I filed an insurance claim a couple weeks ago and they approved it to be replaced due to hail damage so a new roof that matches will be installed in a couple weeks.  I am really excited about it as I really hated this roof color. 

Another project my brother and I have been working on is adding a temporary greenhouse to my backyard.  This greenhouse is actually two greenhouses from Harbor Freight that we modified into one.  We put the greenhouse together so that we can remove it in panels and store it on the side of my house in the summer when it is not needed.  We do have a heater inside the greenhouse to help keep the plants warm but the walls of the greenhouse are a plastic board with an air gap in the center that is great at insulating.  

 I also purchased some LED strip that is waterproof on eBay so that I can see at night. The picture below is taken at night with no flash.  The lights were only $10 and made a huge impact.  We currently have it mostly filled with geraniums but will start our other plants for next year in this greenhouse in a few months. 

We also did a couple other projects but I will save that for a different blog post.  Now that it is getting colder I am planning more inside projects and will be many of the topics of the posts to follow.  That is all for now.