Ok, enough of the fun stuff. Let's get to work and get it over with. Here are the "before" pictures.
Doesn't look too bad. In the pictures that is. But the teal trim is faded and really out dated. Did I mention I don't like to paint? And with painting, you can't just pick up a brush and go. My husband took off an entire week to paint and he had 5 days of prep work first! There was moss to get off the roof. The great Northwet is a prime area for moss to grow. There were gutters to clean. We love our trees in the back yard but they fill up the gutters. Then the whole house needed to be pressure washed and then let to dry.
Here we are happy in our work. The main color has been sprayed on but for trim, it's the brush! I'm only smiling because the paint is still on the brush and trim. Not on my clothes, not under my nails, not on every inch of exposed skin.
Here we are happy in our work. The main color has been sprayed on but for trim, it's the brush! I'm only smiling because the paint is still on the brush and trim. Not on my clothes, not under my nails, not on every inch of exposed skin.
B is doing all the clapping that the painting is done. We're too busy washing our hands to clap!
Know what else I hate about painting? Everything looks so fresh and clean that you feel like you have to clean Everything inside and out. So the inside of the house was cleaned as well and all the windows washed, inside and out.
the gutters, the moss, the flower beds have a new coat of barkdust and two new hydrangeas, the deck flower pots have been planted, the garden has been planted and best of all the dreaded, hated, painting is DONE!
Here we are after the fact: clean house, clean roof!
Know what else I hate about painting? Everything looks so fresh and clean that you feel like you have to clean Everything inside and out. So the inside of the house was cleaned as well and all the windows washed, inside and out.
Sometimes when we have to do something we really don't like, God gives us a little blessing on the side. He let us see a little part of the cathedrals we're building (see last post on invisibility). Our one son came by when my husband was in the midst of painting just to see what we were up to. He ended up staying most of the day helping out. He didn't help out as Daddy's little boy either. He helped out as a fellow man with his own opinions and suggestions. Our other son also came by. Not to help, but in his defense, to take our youngest daughter with his family to the zoo for the day. While picking up his sister he commented that he was glad to see we were keeping up his inheritance. Kinda reminds you of the story of the Little Red Hen doesn't it?
Bring on the lazy days of summer! You know those days...canning green beans and peaches, weeding the garden, putting up applesauce...yep! Those Days!
I am so envious of your vineyard and garden. Your house looks great and that little sweater and hat are adorable. But not as adorable as that little baby. How cute!!!!!
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