Trellis Facelift

The trellis on our front porch was becoming an eye-sore and the tattered rolling blinds we had hanging behind them were even worse. Both were badly weathered and faded.

What to do, what to do . . .

As for the blinds, they were beyond help. They had already been reversed once, and the edges were tattered from our Indiana wind. These were definitely ready for the curb.

Replacing them can wait till warmer weather. For now, the sun feels wonderful!

If we wanted to replace the trellis, we would have to cut back our Clematis, and I hated to lose all that growth and the shade the beautiful vines provided in season.

So we decided to see if we could do anything with what we had. That's always frugal, right?

We carefully sanded each bar, gently moving aside the vines. My husband hand sanded for a while. But I soon went for our little detail sander and cut the job time down considerably.

Once the black mildew was mostly gone and some better wood was exposed, I took a small trim brush and applied some cedar stain to match our siding.

We didn't have to buy new trellis and we were able to save the growth of the Clematis!

I'm so glad we took the time to try to fix the old!

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