almost done

Finally, here's the sliding glass door threshold.  It has its first coat of poly on - just 2 or 3 more to go.

step - done

After several coats of poly, the threshold step is installed.  A piece of trim below completes the work at the entrance.  Now just a final coat of poly and a coat of paint will make it all look good.

step in place

Secured the step with screws and glue then filled the holes with black filler.  Then applied one more coat of polyurethane and we've got a solid step that is almost too pretty to step on.

Next up is the threshold which just got it's first coat of poly.  It will get at least three more and then will slide in under the door trim.  After that, one final piece of vertical trim and that will complete the entrance.  This piece of wood is not quite as old as the step (at least 250 years!) it is probably 100 years or so as this was salvaged from an upstairs bedroom and doesn't show the richness of the old sheathing boards.

threshold

after a long break ...

So we are finally getting the finishing touches with the porch.  First, the step.  You may remember that we saved some of the original sheathing for a future use.  We planed the boards and squared them then joined them to make a wide step.  We'll put several coats of poly on it then fasten it in place.

shimming the nailers 

original sheathing

planed and joined

filling old holes and cracks

first coat of polyurethane

Baseboard - almost complete

Well, the baseboard is installed - just have to fill the nail holes, caulk the gaps and give it one more coat of paint.  The last three items are the big step, a threshold for the slider and a false beam along the ceiling.  We're getting anxious to use the porch so we put an uncomfortable chair out to at least be able to read a book in the sunny corner.

more small steps

Baseboards are painted and ready for installation - tomorrow.

We added this little stop to the trim to keep the door from denting.  The top of the step is off in order to install the baseboard.  We'll be planing down some old sheathing to make the actual step.

small steps

It's those little details that lead to the end.  After painting the final coat on the trim and adding another coat of poly to the windows, I finally finished wiring the outlets and putting on coverplates.  That's done!  Now for the baseboard which will have to wait for a bigger vehicle to bring the lumber home.

The one on the right works, the one on the left is a dummy (we wired things so we could add  fans later)