Before we even closed on our home, we immediately wanted to tear down the 60's era faux wrought iron supports on the porch and bring the facade back to its original state. We did some research on the home, but failed to locate any images from before they were installed. Luckily our style of home has many similarities to others in the neighborhood which still have their original porches. (The home three doors down from us is nearly identical, and it's original porch is intact) We used those as a guide and built ourselves a brand new porch that looks like it could be original. We also swapped in an antique light fixture and developed a new paint scheme (which we are still not quite done with so try and ignore the bright red trim on the top - that will soon be the darker shade of green). We are very excited to see the house regain its original identity and still can't believe what a difference it has made. There is still work to be done to finish this project (trim at the tops of the columns, paint, stair railing, etc.), so stay tuned...
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