Last week was devoted entirely to Haven for me and I have been completely exhausted after a week of running like crazy, but my daddy was hard at work at the house, getting a couple more things accomplished. I’ll do a recap on Haven on Tuesday and it was SO fabulous, I hardly have words to express it all. I’m still on a Haven high! I did get some great sleep last night, so I’m feeling like a human being again.
But, back to the house. So many wonderful girls from Haven asked me about the house and told me how excited they are for me and this house.  They asked me if I was bringing my mom and dad to Haven, but I didn’t get them there. Everyone wanted to meet them, but they would have been so out of their element!
Here’s the little back door that goes outside from my laundry room/storage area downstairs. My daddy is one who loves to put a roof over a doorway like this. He likes to protect doors from the elements and they definitely do last longer when protected from the weather. So, with my Lowes Creative Ideas blogging opportunity for June, we are going to add a cover over this door.
He went and bought lumber to get started and this was the very beginning that I snapped pics of at dusk one afternoon. That daddy of mine is so good at all of this and I’m grateful to have him.
He framed in the top and sloped a short roof. We’ll eventually put a metal roof on top.
And here it is all framed in and almost finished. The metal roof will go on top of this and it will all get painted out white.  Note:  we ended up using shingles and not a metal roof, which worked out great too.
Isn’t it cute?
Close up of the brackets. We’ll add a bit more trim and then it will be done.
My daddy is so smart!
I love it, it’s so cute and will look so great when painted. Now hopefully this door will not get water damage. We had noticed that a bit of water comes in by this door when it rains, so it will be interesting to see if this stops it. Hope so!
I never showed you the finished master bedroom paint, so here is Moderate White (SW) again. I’m keeping my bedroom light and airy too and will probably keep my blue and white and add some green splashes in here. Lots of greens and blues in this house this time around. Love those 2 colors together.
Another thing my dad got done was tearing out the old vanity sink cabinet from in here. This will be a great space for my antique vanity.
Can’t wait to use it!
And here’s the extra bedroom with Moderate White.
I’m loving the house so far, it is so much fun to see it come alive. I know you all are so excited for me. And a big shout out to Lowes for providing a giftcard for this project. That has been such a help to me to get this house finished.
I would like to build a trellis for my back porch. Thanks!
If I won the Lowe’s giftcard, I would buy a black wrought iron table to finish off my lanai. I have the chairs and they look so lonely without the table. Then I would buy some beautiful flowers for the table and some extra ones to place around the area.
We have decided that we want to screen our back porch. This would help greatly with that project. I have found several decorative and furniture items at yard sales in wicker that I plan to paint either white or black to use. (depends on the fabric that catches my eye when I go to look) Thanks for the chance to win this card from Lowe’s!
Tona Haggermaker
Athens, Alabama
I’d love to win! I would purchase some much-needed landscaping plants for the back of our house. Thank you!
Fabulous progress on your house! I’m so envious that you were at Haven and can’t wait to hear about it – I so wanted to be there! I would love to win the Lowe’s card, I’d use it for putting curtains on the covered patio or furniture for the second patio area.
First, your home is beautiful! You are such an inspiration!
My husband and I bought our first home last year and boy, did it need work! With $100 from Lowe’s, we could make huge strides in cleaning up the backyard (it’s nothing but dirt and weeds!) and adding a deck. Wonderful giveaway!
My flower beds in the front need an overhaul. I’d love to have the gift card to redo them!
Rhoda, the house reno is going so well! I’m excited for you! Thanks for the opportunity to win a $100 gift card from Lowes. I’d use it toward getting a new grill for our back patio.
I would love to win a Lowes gift card.
I would work on my flower beds.
We are working on putting in a patio, would love a gift card to help us along!
It seems like everything I have been reading lately about outdoor makeovers encourages painting the front door. So if I won the Lowe’s gift card I would purchase a paint color that would compliment my home’s taupe brick and siding. I would also purchase an entry rug and a plant. I think that would be the perfect way of letting friends and family know they are truly welcome.
Enjoying your blog and home makeover Rhoda! I have a handy-dad too!! What would we do without them!?!
We’re building on a front porch , so every dollar helps.
We are working on curb appeal at our house! If I won the $100 Lowes card, I’d buy some new paint for our front door (I am thinking yellow) and paint for our shutters (black, though – not yellow!) I love reading your blog. You have some fabulous ideas.
If I won the Lowes card, I would have to debate between FINALLY getting a new front door and screen door (that I have been dreaming about since we bought our house 5 years ago) or finishing our landscaping — we have been slowly adding landscaping stones to our flower beds and removing the awful metal line that is currently there.
Rhoda…….your house….it is still so excited and I am so happy for you! Cant wait to see more! I would love to win a Lowe’s gift card and would put it towards either a new front door or new exterior lighting.
I would love to buy a new door for the back entrance to my house.
I need to re-paint my carport posts:)
Leave it to your father to create a charming feature his daughter will love. So sweet and caring!
I would use the Lowe’s card to some repairs — I have a 7 month old rescue dog who is quite the chewer. Apparently he loves his new home so much he likes to eat it!
We are converting our daughter’s playhouse (she’s 18 now) to a coop! $100 would just about get us everything we need for this project. Looking forward to hearing all about Haven! I’m amazed at your Dad’s carpentry skills, he is a really special guy. I’m sure he loves doing all of it for his little girl, Daddys are awesome like that.
Cheers, Andrea
Thanks for the giveaway! I would buy new outdoor cushions and update our deck!