Outside Paint

I took some photos late this evening while

 it was a wee bit on the dark side

but I wanted to post a little something so 

bear with me!

I will take some more tomorrow during

the light of day because it is

definitely brighter than these photos show.

Only the left side is painted but

the rest is primed, ready and waiting!

Before, during Summer:

During (left side after) in dead of Winter:

I LOVE how crisp it looks!

Our roof is actually a light cream tin and

the color of the trim complements is perfectly.

{the trim is still in primer except on the far right in the photo below}

We decided to paint our front door black but not

 until we build the new front porch which will

span the entire left side.

We (he) had to rip the old one down because:

A. He kept hitting his head on it.

B. It was rotted and poorly constructed.

Obviously we still have A LOT of work to do!

We temporarily took down the picket fence so we could

work on some other stuff.

I need to bleach and power wash it (vinyl)

then we're bringing it into the yard another foot or so.

The past two days we "detoured" and worked in the yard

instead, cutting down a big nuisance tree

and the root ball of its offspring.

I'm pretty sure our neighbors think we're nuts because

all we used to cut down that 60 foot tree

were a ladder, a sawzall, tie-downs and the truck.

Yeah. 

Then we cut back our Crepe Myrtles and 

transplanted a few into my 

"newly designed" front yard.

Like I said, we still have

A LOT of work to do!

Once spring hits, the yard will green up, my

newly planted bare roots will blossom

and the house will almost be complete!

Complete... that can't come soon enough.

I might be dreaming but hey, every day is

one day closer, right?

See ya soon.

xo, Amber