When we first moved to this house 32 years ago, I wanted to put a greenhouse on the back, but we decided to put a sunroom on instead. I am so happy we made that decision!
I'd wanted it to be energy efficient, solar heated, but we couldn't find anyone who could build that in St. Louis at that time in 1982. And, although it isn't as "glassy" as sunrooms are today, it's been a wonderful room.
The girls quickly made it their domain.
It was the children's playroom until we remodeled our basement and sent them downstairs.
But, it was often used for entertaining and was originally decorated in wicker. This above photo was made in winter since the patio furniture is inside.
I love it almost anytime of the year even in the summer when it usually isn't air conditioned. But, it was beginning to show its age: first the windows clouded up, so we replaced them; next, the ceiling fan started wobbling and making crazy noise, so we replaced it; then the sliding patio doors no longer slid, so we replaced them; recently we also replaced the rug and the slip cover on the love seat.
But, the walls needed a lot of work---the tape on the dry wall had popped, puckered, twisted. So, we decided to have it repaired and painted (the windows and french doors needed paint, too).
Oh, I forgot, our space heater of 28 years had also died. Here you can see how much the paint had faded.
We had to move most of the toys and plants for Robert to work.
Unfortunately, we were hit by several ice and snow storms, so what was supposed to be a 3 day project turned into 2 weeks.
But, I'm very happy with how it looks. I know my daughters are thinking it doesn't look much different. . .
But, I liked how it looked and really the paint IS a little more subdued (see center color below).
