Screened in Porch – Done
The porch is finally painted white and Screened in!
I tell ya’, Wes and I are turning a new leaf with all these projects we are doing together. This weekend we installed the screen door.
Do you remember what it looked like before?
I know painting WOOD is always controversial. There are those that liked the porch the way it was and didn’t think we should paint it.
But we did…actually, we hired this job out, as you can see, and are completely happy with the job that was done.
Then Wes and I screened it in and installed the door.
We don’t have any furniture yet but we like it soooo much better painted!
How about you? Paint or no paint? What’s your preference?
Resources:
Knoxville area painter: Will Kaiser of Summit Painting Solutions (865-246-8123).
Duration paint from Sherwin Williams: “Snowbound”
If you prep, prime and use a good paint, it shouldn’t need additional paint any more often than pained siding would in your area. (Outdoor conditions are going to have some affect on paint “wear” as well.) I touched up some knots because the tannin bled through but other than that, mine looked great for the 8 years I lived in that house.
I’m thinking about painting my screened in porch white. It’s 16 feet deep x 35 feet long. Do you have to repaint it every year or 2 years to keep it looking fresh? I’ve read that it’s a nightmare to keep looking nice once it’s painted white. I love a white porch so I’m on the fence about painting it.
Great transformation of porch! We built a screened in porch at our former home in 1995 and we loved that porch and have so many beautiful memories of it. First sign of spring and we were sitting out there. You will get a lot of use out of the porch. We installed clear Christmas lights around the room and wrapped silk ivy and wisteria blooms and installed a ceiling fan. You may get blowing snow in the porch, so we build frames that was covered in heavy mil plastic and installed them in the winter with wood screws, and removed them in the Spring and stored them under the porch. One winter blizzard dumped about 13 in. in the porch and that’s when we decided to build the frame with plastic sheeting to avoid that the next winter. We made the mistake when we built it to using nails instead of wood screws on the floor boards. We were always banging down the nail heads that sometimes popped up. Learned a lot from building that porch and deck. Really miss it!
Love the paint!! I want to paint a lot of things in our home, but all are furniture. My daughter’s dresser, her table, the bookcase she will get. I want them all white to match her bed.
It’s awesome! I like both painted and not painted but most of the time, I vote paint it and it looks so pretty!
Maddie’s room is a great transformation too! Love what you chose! 😉