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Before and After: Monica Potter's Childhood Home

Show: Welcome Back Potter

Check out the stunning transformation of the outside of Monica Potter's family home seen on HGTV's Welcome Back Potter, including the brand new backyard workshop built to honor the family's late patriarch.

Monica Potter, her sisters Jessica, Bridgette, Kerry and mom Nancy (L-R) all enjoy a lemonade toast on the back patio as seen on Welcome Back Potter. (action)

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Welcome Home, Potters

Monica Potter, her sisters — Jessica, Bridgette and Kerry — and their mom, Nancy, toast on their back porch to their newly restored family home in Cleveland.

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BEFORE: Back Porch

The back porch where Monica and her sisters often had birthday parties and neighborhood gatherings growing up had fallen into disrepair over the years it had been abandoned.

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BEFORE: Back Porch

While the back porch was structurally sound, the decking needed to be replaced, and the siding was in desperate need of some fresh paint.

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BEFORE: Backyard

New landscaping was also in order, to bring the Potters' backyard back to its glory days when Mom, Nancy, tended to it.

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BEFORE: Backyard

The Potter sisters had plenty of debris to clear out first before any real work could be done to level out the backyard and lay new sod.

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BEFORE: Backyard

With a straight path to a lake just beyond the property fence, the backyard renovation was key to making the house feel like a home for the Potter sisters again.

The backyard was turned from a unused space to a bright new green space with new landscaping and a brick pathway as seen on Welcome Back Potter. AFTER #5 (exterior, after)

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AFTER: Back Porch

After restoring the back steps, the deck railing and the flower beds, the back of the Potters' home is brighter than ever.

The updated back patio now has a new french door entryway from the living room and new door on the kitchen entryway creating a nice circular traffic pattern as seen on Welcome Back Potter. AFTER #1 (exterior, after)

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AFTER: Back Porch

New French doors, decking with a light gray paint and fresh white siding transformed the back porch back into an ideal spot for family gatherings.

The formerly unusable back yard has been transformed with new landscaping, a stone and brick pathway leading to a new outdoor dining area, and vegetable garden as seen on Welcome Back Potter. AFTER #6 (exterior, after)

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AFTER: Backyard

The formerly unused backyard space has been revived with new landscaping, a stone and brick pathway leading to a new outdoor dining area and a vegetable garden for Mom, Nancy.

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AFTER: Backyard

The sisters planted a white lilac tree in the back corner of the backyard as a memorial "living tree" to honor their late father.

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BEFORE: Workshop

The Potter sisters' father, Paul, was infamous for his inventions, most created in a garage workshop space in the backyard that was torn down. The family wanted to carry on his love for inventions by rebuilding the workshop in its former space.

The garage is a completely new addition as it never existed before but now provides a workshop and a small vegetable garden as seen on Welcome Back Potter. AFTER #9 (exterior, after)

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AFTER: Workshop

The new workshop, built from scratch by local Amish carpenters, mirrors the classic style of the new exterior of the house.

The new workshop, that previously did not exist, provides an outdoor workspace for craft projects as seen on Welcome Back Potter. AFTER #1 (exterior, after)

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AFTER: Workshop

Red doors lead into a bright, open space where the Potter sisters and their families can continue to craft and create long after the home's restoration is finished.

The new workshop, that previously did not exist, provides an outdoor workspace for craft projects as seen on Welcome Back Potter. AFTER #3 (exterior, after)

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AFTER: Workshop

The new workshop has plenty of floor and tabletop space for new projects.

The new workshop, that previously did not exist, provides an outdoor workspace for craft projects as seen on Welcome Back Potter. AFTER #17 (exterior, after)

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AFTER: Workshop

When the Potters bought their childhood home back, they found their father's old workbench in the basement. Monica restored it and uses it as a centerpiece of the new workshop.

As seen on Welcome Back Potter, Monica Potter (center) and her sisters Jessica (L) and Kerry (R) in the backyard before installing new landscaping plants. (portrait)

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More Potter, Please

Want to see more of the Potters' incredible projects and room makeovers? Check out how the sisters transformed their childhood bedrooms, here.

Before and After: Monica Potter's Childhood Home

Welcome Home, Potters

BEFORE: Back Porch

BEFORE: Back Porch

BEFORE: Backyard

BEFORE: Backyard

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AFTER: Back Porch

AFTER: Back Porch

AFTER: Backyard

AFTER: Backyard

BEFORE: Workshop

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More Potter, Please

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