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With little experience, we reframed and weatherproofed the windows, insulated, put up wainscoting and molding, repaired and painted the floor and started decorating. We spent only around $1,000 by enhancing the features that were already in the porch rather than replacing with new.
Who did the work: I did all the work myself Cost: $1,000 to $5,000
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