This 7 days, we’re transforming a breezeway that appears to be just about accidental into a more inviting entrance.
Delane Caldwell’s breezeway to her front door is just a slim hallway to the yard, but we’re going to locate a way to integrate it a lot more as a dwelling space.
The Jobs

Refinish the Concrete Slab
The concrete in the breezeway appeared like a patchwork of slabs. So, to develop a uniform-searching slab, we sleek the concrete surface area with a grinder.

Following we sweep the dust absent and rinse the slab off with a drinking water hose, we paint the new smooth slab with a base coat of white epoxy paint.
Immediately after the base coat dries, we pop a chalk structure line on the slab to commence our stenciling.

This stencil pattern is dependent on common Portuguese Azulejos tile designs. We utilized black epoxy paint to fill in the tile sample on the concrete.

Hold Curtains
To make the breezeway come to feel more like a dwelling area, we remove the chain hyperlink fence at the finish and incorporate curtains.
The fence posts are set in concrete, so to get rid of them, we’ll require some leverage. Immediately after digging up the filth all-around the base, we put a concrete block following to the submit to act as a fulcrum for our shovel.

Our curtains are heading to dangle the curtains from a galvanized threaded rod. We initial evaluate the breezeway to make certain our rod is long adequate to span the total opening.

Prior to we put in the rod, we paint it black to match the wrought iron. But, ahead of we can paint, we have to etch the rod with vinegar to assure the spray paint adheres to it.

Fill Backyard Mattress
Our future venture is to transform the backyard bed within the breezeway from a grime pit to a green oasis.
We include a blend of eco-friendly, leafy plants to fill the the moment-defunct backyard space.

Soon after our vegetation are established, we install a water fountain higher than the yard mattress to increase some comforting river sounds.
Then, we fill the mattress with assorted crops, topped with a layer of backyard garden rocks.

Put in Fingerprint Lock
We surprised Delane with a smart lock deadbolt to not only dress up her front doorway but also make her household a tiny additional protected.
The Kwikset Halo Contact Wi-Fi Fingerprint Wise Lock uses Delane’s exclusive fingerprint to open and lock her front doorway. This single-cylinder deadbolt also can be locked or unlocked by making use of the keypad or important from the exterior as nicely as the convert button from the within.
The wise lock has developed-in Wi-Fi that connects right to the residence Wi-Fi community and smartphone for a safe wise residence that does not have to have a third-get together clever residence hub, panel or membership.
We also:
- Touched up the paint on ironwork with spray paint
- Painted front door and patio doorway dim teal

Put up-Creation Feelings
Delane’s breezeway is the main entrance to her household, but right before it had a pretty fatigued and haphazard sense to it the random selection of diverse slabs on the floor only left site visitors with issues about what the house was meant to be.
The unfortunate vacant planting mattress created the property really feel a whole lot older than it really was, and the chain hyperlink fence made it sense much more like a cage than a comforting room.
But now, the entire Place is taken on the area of a courtyard in a fancy resort the consistency of the stencil flooring ties every little thing with each other from the wrought iron gates to the lush eco-friendly planting beds.
The doorway adds a pop of colour even though the fountain adds a neat visible element and a tranquil soundtrack for the place.
The easy curtain rod and the curtains body the backyard and somehow make it all come to feel like a vacation resort and we did it all for a lot less than $1,200.
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