Face Lift

Remember this...

Our poor front door needed some TLC and we finally set aside an evening to tackle it. Little did we know this would turn out to take much longer than we had planned. The layers of paint that had accumulated from almost 100 years of various tenants needed to go. After the tedious stripping of paint, came tedious sanding, and patching... all very worth it to have a fresh slate for a new coat of paint.

Before painting Ben replaced the frame, threshold and trim of the doorway:











After the construction finished, we began the pretty part I'd been waiting for.

Fresh primer:


Removal of hardware:


Ben, hard at work:

New threshold:

New trim:

New hardware:

Our finished product!

I chose a gray paint for our house that I actually saw on another house while out running. I stopped and asked for the name of the paint and I couldn't be happier with the color for our house as well. We have not painted the whole house yet but we are making progress. I can't wait to add the details... a wall mounted mailbox, and new mail slot, a wreath, topiaries, new porch light etc.

We removed the hideous metal awning from the front porch. I don't know what they were thinking when whoever it was put it up but it was one of the first things I wanted down. Finally the day has come to say "sayonara dirty white metal awning!"

Overdue Update

Hello blog world... I have fallen behind. We may have negleted the blog but at least we haven't been negleting the house!

There is so much to show you! No BIG, enormous, earth shattering changes, but we are finding every little change is adding up and eventually it will be the house we've dreamed of (that reality is farther away than I'd like it to be but will come sooner than I think. I hope.)

Who knew Ben was a plumber? He successfully moved our outdoor water source from right smack in front of our house to a better location off to the side.

We had a fun demolition party and removed the brick BBQ from the driveway. We then filled in the missing bricks for a somewhat smooth brick driveway that will make do until we put a new concrete driveway in.

We prepped soil, planted seed, and watered daily in order to have a new lawn. Thank goodness for fresh, green, soft grass that I can sit in (just don't walk on the grass, at least not while Ben is watching!)