Howdy,

I should mention that for the kitchen/garage wall reconstruction, it's two different colors of mortar because the brown will go with the rest of the outside, but it will "fade in" over time. We decided to go with the lighter gray inside, because it won't be in the light to get faded, and it will be brighter for "inside use". So, the part of the wall that will be in the garage is light gray, the outside part is brown. The boards are the anchor board for the exterior garage wall. The repointed mortar for the porch is also the lighter gray.

ttfn,
Sherry