Shabby Carport Turned Breezy Patio

This is one of my favorite posts, I think, with one of my 
favorite comments ever...

Tricia Rose said..."The bravest 'before' photos I have ever seen!

So, here I am, being brave all over again...

I'm not sure why no one I know tried to stop me from buying this house.  Why was there no intervention, no nice men in white coats to, ah, "detain" me until I recovered from whatever it was that possessed me?  Was there a name for what ailed me?  Because, this pathetic little view of the carport on the house is pretty much representative of what the rest of the house looked like when I brainlessly fell in love with it.

I walked past this scene, I am mortified to say, for more than a year, while working on the inside of the house. It was just down right disgusting, I know. 

The old door was rescued and donated by a friend to cover the 

ginormous utility box and those lovely, protruding wires. 

The little table, I love.  It was built by the previous owner and used as the telephone table.  

I think a good cleaning was in order.

I painted the old door with the trim color and hinged it to the outside corner so it swings free 

for easy access to the utility box.  I think the baskets on hooks fill in an otherwise
awkward area.The chairs and plants pretty well disguise the wires that run everywhere. 

Am I really showing this before picture?

If you notice in the before picture there were poured concrete steps leading into the back door.  They were sturdy, I must say, and ugly and were not going anywhere.  My solution?
Build over them.  One of my favorite changes so far!

  

The simple curtains I made from 6'x9' painters drop clothes purchased 2 in a pack from
Home Depot for only $9.99.  They were the perfect size.  I held the panel up to determine where 

to put my cup hooks on either side of the carport opening.  I loosely pleated the top edge 

of the curtain then poked a hole through the layers with an exacto knife.  

Then, I just threaded the holes onto the hooks.  

I think the panels are what make the carport 
into the outdoor room of my dreams.

Just put staining that floor on my to-do list!

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