Robert Mace Sounds nice! We were on a tiny inner city lot. Yes, we put on a new back porch:

Terri Thompson Nice porch! You mentioned layering paint on the floor. I have another Civil War Era home in the north, the staircase came already distressed when I tried to refinish them and found 5 layers of different colors under dark brown. I left them that way for now and my family thought I was crazy. I doubt I can get all the paint off the steps to apply Minwax. The stair casing went well but the steps are dinged up and the paint sits lower.

Scott's Creative Home Try Sherwin Williams semi transparent wood stains. They are great for creating a look similar to the one in this photo.

Robert Mace Yes, that's paint. Painted that color over a light blue hoping that as the green wore through the blue would show. That's Behr paint. Don't recall the color...

Robert Mace The countertop is poured-in-place concrete with the upper layer stained with red dye. There's angle iron running down the length of the top and a base of thick plywood. The open shelves are simply plywood cut into quarter circles and painted white. Lo-fi!

Robert Mace Don't remember but we picked them up at (drum roll please...) Home Depot!