Working on the house today, we’ll actually the last 2 years...
. We’re trying to get the front of the house and porch looking good by the spring.
From Friday to now it’s been clean up the windows on the front porch. Been on the Heat gun and putty knife for 6 hrs this weekend just stripping the paint off the trim. Got one of them painted and the other sitting in primer. I’ll finish paint that one next week, I’m beat.
The left window we tried painting black, but it wasn’t happening. We’ll stay true to the original and go all white. Some day I’ll actually pull the windows and refinish them. It won’t be this or next year. Ain’t got no time with trying to get the siding stripped and painted by sprung too.
Anyway, the wood was put on the house in 1846 with shellac as a base coat and I counted 6 coats of paint, with what I think is milk paint for the first one. All have been white colored.
The porch didn’t have a handrail originally . With 3 young granddaughters, I put one up last year between the columns.
Friday we got some holly, not planted yet, just sitting in holes. Hopefully they grow to cover the foundation. I’ll make some planter boxes to hang from the handrail to add color.
The rest of the front will get painted by fall.
. We’re trying to get the front of the house and porch looking good by the spring.
From Friday to now it’s been clean up the windows on the front porch. Been on the Heat gun and putty knife for 6 hrs this weekend just stripping the paint off the trim. Got one of them painted and the other sitting in primer. I’ll finish paint that one next week, I’m beat.
The left window we tried painting black, but it wasn’t happening. We’ll stay true to the original and go all white. Some day I’ll actually pull the windows and refinish them. It won’t be this or next year. Ain’t got no time with trying to get the siding stripped and painted by sprung too.
Anyway, the wood was put on the house in 1846 with shellac as a base coat and I counted 6 coats of paint, with what I think is milk paint for the first one. All have been white colored.
The porch didn’t have a handrail originally . With 3 young granddaughters, I put one up last year between the columns.
Friday we got some holly, not planted yet, just sitting in holes. Hopefully they grow to cover the foundation. I’ll make some planter boxes to hang from the handrail to add color.
The rest of the front will get painted by fall.
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