Oh, this looks very like Harison's yellow - a lovely (and tough) old semi-wildling. You can remove it with some sturdy digging tools (fencehole spades are brilliant for this). If you have somewhere you wish to transplant to, have the hole ready and to move it to its new home, a good piece of hessian or burlap is useful. Water well the evening before you dig - this will soften the soil and enable the rootball to stay together). Cut back as much as half of the top growth (in your case, leaving a 2foot cane ). Dig a deep trench around the perimetre of the rose, as big as you think 2 people can manage to lift with forks or spades). Slice horizontally, as deep as you can, freeing the taproot then using 2 spades, lift the rootball onto the burlap, wrap well, pour a can of water on the whole wrapped rootball and transfer to new home. New hole. A nice deep hole, with, if possible, some good garden compost added to the soil taken out of the hole. Puddle in the new rose (add water to the hole and allow it to drain away), plant and backfill, throwing in the drier soil first to ensure it settles between the rose roots. Tread the backfilled soil in firmly with heel of boot. If the rose starts to look a bit wilty, try covering with an umbrella or parasol or other shade material. You will need to deep water (at least2 gallons every week or so) for the rest of the season, by which time the rose will have made new root growth and be able to survive with only minimal (if any) extra irrigation in following years.

Okay so if we close in the lower set of stairs with risers, make all the treads wood including the landing and add white skirts around the inside - the new cost is $6350....Most of you want us to get rid of the carpet on the stairs, but when you know the cost is $6350 you say skip it. I'm saying to forget the white skirt, to caulk the gap between the drywall and stringer, tidy up the stringer with some sanding & spackle... AND, look under the carpet to see what the actual treads look like. We don't know what is hiding underneath the carpet. How long have you lived in the house? Did you have the current carpet installed? Do you know what is beneath the carpet on the stairs? Because $6300 + is a lot of money to be throwing at what isn't, IMO, an eyesore.

I am not an expert, but a new coat of paint for the entire brick floor appears to be the solution. We have the same problem with a stained concrete outdoor surface. It's lost some of it's stain in front of the screened porch door. The surface will have to be etched/sanded and then the stain reapplied and sealed. Seems that the same would have to be done to your painted porch.

IMO that piece does not work with the table and chairs too country i think and IMo you do not space for anything there . Are you lanning on removing the table and then adding cabinets ? If that is the plan just do the same style cabinets in a different color but the same counter and you do not have space for seating but I agrre the extra woork space and storage would be good