Slatty

Now that it is spring, we can turn our attention to the outside of our house, specifically the original wrought iron railings at our front and side entrances. If you look closely you can see the heart shapes in the metal. Yuck.  After falling in love with some inspiration (below) found on Apartment Therapy, we decided that we could tackle this project.

 

Inspiration at Apartment Therapy

First, we decided it would be best to paint the cement so we wouldn't see it as much through the slats.  The first color, this flesh type tone, turned out to be terrible, so we went back and had them tint it a darker brown. (You'll see it darker in a couple of the photos below.) Then Matt went to work building the structure for the railings. This task involved drilling 4 inch deep holes in solid concrete, not a fun job but Matt got to buy a hammer drill so that made him happy.



I worked on sanding and staining the cedar slats.  There were way too many to count.

After they dried, Matt started putting them up. Here is some of his work in progress.

After a few more slats and some trim, we were done. A relatively quick and easy project.