Weekend warriors

Niko and I have been making excellent use of the past few weekends - we're making may-jah headway on our plan.

Niko and Devin spent the last weekend dismantling the crumbling stoop and putting it back together - the right way.

Once Niko opened it up, it became glaringly obvious why the brick edging was coming loose - there was absolutely nothing solid holding it up.  Originally someone used cinder block as a base for the stoop, and piled rubble and loose bricks on top.  Well, the cinder block on the left side had completely disintegrated, so.....not quite as simple a fix as we'd hoped.

The boys made a mold so they could pour a 2-tier solid concrete base underneath the unsupported slab.

A few hours later, the finished product (sans paint):

Here's the paint color I have in mind:


Southern Vine by Ben Moore

I'm so excited for the finished product!