{"id":3869,"date":"2018-07-31T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?p=3869"},"modified":"2018-08-17T15:19:17","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T15:19:17","slug":"lowering-the-carport-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/lowering-the-carport-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowering the Carport Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m really not sure what happened here, but somehow we ended up with an RV port instead of a carport.<\/p>\n

\"Framing<\/a>
Framing to lower the carport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, they re-framed the walls.<\/p>\n

Cliff will have more space to store stuff.<\/p>\n

\"Lowering<\/a>
Lowering the carport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The supports look a little spindly now, but I think a little landscaping will solve that.<\/p>\n

\"Lowering<\/a>
Lowering the carport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Probably some azalea. They are green year round and I like the flowers.<\/p>\n

Next: French Doors, Carport Door, Dog Door and the Last Window ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m really not sure what happened here, but somehow we ended up with an RV port instead of a carport. So, they re-framed the walls. Cliff will have more space to store stuff. The supports look a little spindly now, but I think a little …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-house"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/featured_image-carport.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4076,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/french-doors-carport-door-dog-door-and-the-last-window\/","url_meta":{"origin":3869,"position":0},"title":"French Doors, Carport Door, Dog Door and the Last Window","author":"Carla","date":"August 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The last of the doors and windows are all in. 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