Oh glorious day!

image from Clipart Library

We had a long wait from when the porch was decorated in November until the railings outside and the vinyl flooring inside were finally fitted.  Still, that's been the recurring motif of the "saga of the porch", has it not my lovelies 😉  No one's fault really, although our to-ing and fro-ing at the start of the process probably didn't help.  We had a fair bit of family stuff, not to mention our own health issues, going on in the background, too.

Still, the grand day did finally dawn when all the work that other folk had to do was complete 👏    

George had to order the made-to-measure railings from a company in Glasgow, and it took nearly three months before they made it up here 😯

When they did finally arrive in February, George had to ask one of his mates to give him a hand lifting them as Adrian and I just couldn't manage it.  After all neither of us are getting any younger you know 😉 and it was an accident just waiting to happen, what with Adrian's dodgy knees and elbows, and my dodgy back and hip!

Because of the corrosive effect of the salt-laden air up here we decided to go with plain galvanised railings, in a very simple design.  We weren't sure whether they would look rather utilitarian, like the handrail that was already here, but we're glad we chose not to have them painted as the plain galvanised finish helps them to blend in nicely.    

I'm sure you can well imagine how happy I was that there was no longer a potential "drop" from the path in front of the porch!

We knew when we ordered the vinyl flooring late last year that there would be a delay in it being fitted because of Christmas and the New Year.  We ourselves had to delay it further due to the various things that were going on.

It was finally laid in early April ~ no more bare concrete floor to tramp over!  Mind you, the design of the vinyl is rather reminiscent of concrete I think 😄  We considered going with something darker but in the end decided this shade was a good compromise ~ it's not quite as light as the photo would suggest.

Then it was just furniture and bits 'n' bobs to be added ~ the fun part 😊