When
I first started this porch project I had an idea in mind for how to
make the porch posts and a railing. I had it all figured out, at
least I thought I had it all figured out. When I did a dry fit of my
idea 2 things occurred. First it was very obvious that the porch was
just too small to add railings to and still be able to see what was
sitting on the porch. So I decided that there would be no railing.
Okay, that was fine. Then I stepped back and looked at the porch with
what I had been envisioning for the posts and I immediately hated it.
In my mind it was going to be so cute but in reality it just didn't
work.
I
posted a photo to the Facebook group and they all agreed it just
wasn't going to work as I had planned it. Darn, back to the drawing
board as they say.
I
did some shopping and came home with several choices which I narrowed
down to 2. I then put those two up for a vote on the Facebook page.
The square post won with with 39 votes (at the time I started
filming) as opposed to the 5 votes that the round post I had also
considered got.
As
for prep work, I painted the post with the same Ivory craft paint I
have been using for the trim on the project. I also painted a strip
of 1/16” by 1/4” wood and the ceiling area of the porch.
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| the strips added to the ceiling |
I
cute the post to the same height as the porch ceiling is at the
walls. I used some of my Beacon 3 in 1 glue to firmly glue the post
in place. I did use a brick to weight down the porch roof so that the
post will hold the ceiling level.
After
the glue was dry I added the narrow strips all around the ceiling
even with where the post sits. This will be helpful in a step we are
going to be doing soon.
Sorry
my videos are short and far apart right now. I am still using my old
laptop and it just can't handle the editing software so everything
takes way too long to do.
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