great idea for screening porches

[CohenCottage]

I think I need to stop surfing the net...It makes me want to spend all my money!

I saw this product in a Domino magazine a couple of years ago and have always wanted to try it b/c I want the convenience of a screened front porch without having to have one year round and it looks like curtains...http://www.mosquitocurtains.com/

It would be about $380 to screen our front porch with the heavy duty netting and the tracking system. Do y'all know how much it is to screen a porch normally?

[Heather]

Yikes - cool but expensive!!!!

[Zuzu's Garden]

I've seen porches screened in by using old screen doors - one next to another to create the walls. I like this netting idea!

Zu

[cheapdiva]

oh, this is great! I say - go for it! Let's say you use this screening for 10 years - that's $38 per year. Divide that by the number of days per year you use it and it is a BARGAIN!!!

[CohenCottage]

I like the way you think Cheapdiva! We will probably wait until spring to do it unless we somehow plow through our other projects quickly. I checked out pricing for real screened porches, and they are way more $$...

[Heather]

Ok CC so how many projects have YOU got on the go???? Floors, laundry room, kitchen (with or without the trap door), ummmm what else - oh did you finish painting outside?

[CohenCottage]

Yes, we've finished a ton of projects in the last few weeks! Here's the "done" list:
outside painting (DH needs to scrape 3 windows)
planted 30 clethra shrubs on our front bank
planted 10 ferns, 10 hostas
installed irrigation for new shrubs
built stairs from deck to dog run
finished new w/d hookup and drywalled the hole (DH needs to install dryer vent this week)
bought perfect stools for kitchen
1 coat painted on interior of front door
bought perfect rug for kitchen

Here is what we have left to do (i'm highlighting the ones that have to be done for the party):
paint adirondack chairs
paint interior of front/back door
paint ceiling/walls/trim of dog room, kitchen, hallway, living room
replace lighting in kitchen
paint ceiling in master bedroom
install bathroom hardware in master bath, fix exhaust fan
refinish floors
replace sink/counters in kitchen
add hardware to cabinets in kitchen
build storage cabinets in master bedroom
window treatments for whole house
move w/d and treadmill
build shelving in guest room
buy storage bed for guest room
install stainless shelves in kitchen
paint guest room
new tile, vanity, sink, toilet for guest room
gas logs in outdoor fireplace

[Heather]

Eegads girl don't forget to have some fun!

[CohenCottage]

fun is not on the list :D

just kidding, we are trying to get everything done so we can have fun! i want to go camping 4 times this fall...

i forgot two things on the list...stain all the interior pine doors and build new porch railings for the front/back porch. Also going to add a shed roof to the back porch.

[CohenCottage]

this weekend, we are going to clean and paint all parts of the dog room (and sand the floors if I'm good at being persuasive)...

[Gigi]

Cohencottage---Actually your list looks like fun~ my husband and I have been doing home improvements for over 30 years and for those 30 years there wasn't a week without a project.


Great list! Having a party sure gets things going around a home! :)

[vintage girl]

Wow heck of a list!!! My hubs and I have been doing improvements ever since we moved into our house almost 20 years ago. We thought there was an end in sight, but no such luck:rolleyes: After we complete kitchen counters, and remove wallpaper and paint the master bedroom, it will be time to update the bathroom. I want to tear out the shower and put in a clawfoot tub, but hubs does not want to retile the floor, since we just did that a few years back. We are thinking of getting a liner to cover the tub and shower, and than put in a tin ceiling. The liner we will have done, but we can put in the ceiling. The last time we re-did the bathroom, we had it reglazed, but that only lasts for a few years and it is almost time to do it again. I know the liners are more expensive, but they supposedly last forever. Anyone here had that done and can tell me anything about it?