Welcome Home!

Here's our new front door area with the new color, new mailbox, light, house numbers and welcome mat. Welcome home!

House Painting Done

Here are some shots of the house painted, with door color too :) I'll take a final picture of the front door once the new light, house numbers and mailbox go up. The color looks more yellow or more almond/beige depending on how the sunlight is hitting it. I like the door color a lot. I think it's a really warm red that isn't too dark or too orange. We're also happy to have the oil tank slightly camouflaged and not quite as noticeable.

House Painted!!

Well, it's not quite done. This is the first coat- I think they are doing 2, and it's not 100% dry, so the color may shift slightly, but I couldn't wait to post! I'm still processing. My house has been that sad grey (and various others) for so long! Seriously, I'm going to have to be careful giving people directions now, I'm so used to saying "it's the grey ranch". Woah.

I can't see out my windows!

There is a new law in Mass. that if a house is built before 1972 (or something close, I forget) you have to treat it as if there is lead paint unless it's been certified that there is not. This means that before the guys started scraping and sanding to prep the house for paint, they had to tape up all our windows and doors, and add tarp everywhere to catch all the chips and not let anything get into the house. It is very weird being in the house today and not seeing out the windows. But I'm super excited to have the three paint color samples we chose up in the front! The picture doesn't show the differences very well, and honestly, when Erik gets home, he probably won't see much difference either ;) But I do! The painter told me which one he likes best, and the contractor gave me his opinion. Now I just have to decide. Keagan just keeps saying "I want yellow!"

Prepping for Paint

The painters were here today to replace some of the rotten trim pieces and power wash the house. You can see how much of the old paint chipped off with the power washing. Yikes!