painting. finished.

Funny - after all those blogs about the progress of the painting, I never posted anything when I - umm - actually finished. So, here it is after all those posts dating back I think to when I was trying to Photoshop a photo I took after I finished putting in the sidewalk testing out different painting options and I thought I was going to be painting my house Benjamin Moore HC-121 peale green. Well, then I came up with this colour scheme. And surprisingly liked it much better. And then I decided what the heck - why not rip out the siding in the porch gable and install cedar shakes.

And then I started. Good times. And two months later I finished. And then I wrote this post.

So ... here it was a long, long time ago -

Whoa. I spy a Julian! And here it is finished -

(No Photoshop this time - none). And with the ultra-wide lens standing right next to the porch so the house is a bit stretched out -

And halfsies -

A lot happened in between. And a lot still has to happen. But I think back to sitting on my porch that morning drinking coffee thinking 'hey, I can build new porch railings!' to realizing if I did I'd kind of have to paint my house cos I am terribly stubborn and wasn't going to paint my newly-constructed railings the same butt-ugly colour that the house was. So take that butt-ugly house colour! And of a 'This Old House' article I read at about the same time that talked about painting a house and saying something like 'you drive up to your house everyday so you may as well have it look nice and be something you're proud of ... ' I agreed.

And after all of that I came home from work today to find this nice little note stuck in my front door (which still needs to be replaced) -

So apparently when it comes to colour (and in this case my house) I chose ...... wisely (which is good since colour is sort of my profession at the moment).

I am happy with it. Actually I really like it.

New Coir doormat from Restoration Hardware. New Whitman porch light from Rejuvenation. Pumpkins by us.