Last summer (2011) we painted the entire house. I honestly cannot believe that I just wrote that because this was not a project I think I ever want to do again. Dex and I each took off one week of vacation and Dad came up. When I say “we painted the entire house”, I mean we:
-stripped, sanded, reglazed, primed and painted 60+ windows (exterior side)
-caulked, primed (where necessary) and painted the entire house (2700 square feet upstairs with cathedral ceilings and a walkout basement. We needed a 35’ extension ladder to reach the top of the back of the house)
-repaired more rotten wooden siding on the screen porch
-stained huge soffits over 35’ in the air
It took us 9 days working from sun up to sun down (and sometimes past sun down). We went through 35+ GALLONS OF PAINT! The good news is that the house looks absolutely beautiful. Our neighbors said that house hasn’t looked this good in 20 years. Yay for us!
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| East Side of the House |
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| South side of house (new stairs, too!) |
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| Close up of South side of house--this side needed the most help |
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