Porch progress

 The floor is on.

The columns are up. The landing feels huge without a railing. We're contemplating keeping it this way, it feels more welcoming and less cramped.
We still need to finish the concrete pad in front of the stairs and put the pavers back in place. We also need to add some trim to the columns to make them pretty. But its getting there!

Irene Wake-up

Luckily, we were fine after Hurricane Irene. But we did decide to add a little more water protection to the porch while we had the stairs pulled up.

Jeff pulled up the old pavers, dug a trench, and he added a concrete pad to funnel some more water away from the house.