Painting the House (and then some...)

We finally got around to having the house painted. However, as the story goes with old houses, we were in for a little bit more than we originally bargained for.

Our friend Emmanuel Coelho (Coelho Contracting) sent his crew over to begin the prep work and as they were scraping they found A LOT of rot. So much rot that we ended up having to replace many areas of clapboard and all of our window casings. I knew that it was going to be pretty bad going into it, but the problem was beneath the surface so a lot of it was not apparent to the naked eye. The rot came from the wood they "covered up" last time the window casings were replaced (who knows how long ago that was).

So, although we were bummed it was going to be a little bit more involved than we thought, we were psyched to finally get it done and get it done right.

Before/During

Finished Product

Old Front Entry




New Front Entry



We've been wanting to put some window boxes up since we moved in.

Thanks Emmanuel and crew. You guys did a great job.