New Front Door

A couple of years ago I picked up a discarded front door (steel). I haven't had a chance to install it until now, partly because I knew it was bigger than the old wooden one. I thought I would have to cut the header to get it to fit. But once I took the old door step off, the new door fit (just) into the old hole. So now it is installed. I kept the same jamb because it is a complex milling that seems to be structural to the house. I would have to wreck it to get it out, and then rebuild the structure. I will have to find a way to spruce it up after fifty years of screen doors have pulled hunks out of it. I still have to install the new door step (aluminium, from a garage sale). The wood underneath is severely termite damaged so I will have to replace that first.
Anyway, the new door looks a lot better than the old!

Carport shelf

I have been thinking about and planning a car port shelf to free up floor space. Well the shelf has finally arrived. It is four feet wide and nine feet long. There are two feet of shelf height, and 6'8" clearance under the shelf. Most of the structure came from discarded fence posts. The shelving came from discarded chip-board cabinets. I painted the structure grey and the exposed roofing plywood brown. I did have to buy one bracket for $1.75. It is already filled with sailboat cushions, VW bumpers, swimming pool, folding chairs, soccer balls, tent, etc.