One of the hard truths about remodeling is that you rarely if ever have the budget or the exact conditions for your “dream” home. I feel like we’re getting most of what we want and need, but there are always things you let go of– more bedrooms, more storage, space for a pinball machine… Morgan longs for a big front porch. He wants to sit on rockers with his friends watching the neighborhood roll by, wants to be there to greet guests with a beer in his hand and a small roof over his head. I have admired many porches through his eyes.

The fact is, our site plan and layout don’t make a porch as such a viable feature. We will have a lovely patio, and a small landing area by our front door. There is some covered deck planned by the shop and new shed, but it won’t accomplish that front-of-house feeling Morgan longs for.

The house as it was originally had a tiny porch:

Our house in the 1930’s

Here’s Buphalo today, working on removing the enclosure that had been added somewhere along the way:

Buphalo demo’s the porch

And Morgan, shoring up the roof of the back porch so he can complete the demolition of that:

Morgan working on demolition of back porch

Finally, here’s Morgan, enjoying his one evening of living the porch dream before it goes altogether:

Morgan enjoys his porch.