Our big tree out back decided it was time to finally turn. Most of the neighbors are already changed and almost all done with cleanup. We have about another week or two thanks to this slow mover. Looks like we may get some snow this week finally so we decided to tackle some of the problem.
Of course Kona helped out as best he could.
Well the last items are just about complete. A couple weeks ago we got the house painted, a week ago new gutters and this weekend we scraped, sanded, primed and painted the front doors, weather stripping and installed new hardware.
This took us from about 8 am Saturday to about 1am Sunday. Then we did a little touch up later Sunday morning and we just finished installing everything.
Other than the replacement of the door hardware, it was $20 for primer and paint to redo the front doors, and I still had leftover bronze paint from doing the door knocker weeks ago. Kind of nice to be able to make such a drastic change in this economy for such a reasonable amount.
We have had a few projects going on at once right now. We have been swapping out all the door hardware in the house from a shiny brass to a oil rubbed/tuscan bronze finish. We also decided it was time to update the faucets in the bathrooms to coincide with these small updates.
Door hardware before:
Door hardware after:
Master bath faucet before (similar photo):
Master bath faucet after:
While doing these projects I did another which was to refinish some polished brass items in the oil rubbed bronze finish. These were items we have not been able to find replacements. There will be a separate post on that.
While working on this our painter let us know we were next so it was time to get the house painted. This was a decent sized project because we had some siding that was rotten and needed replacing. We didn’t want to foot the bill for a a total siding replacement at this time and figured we could replace the bad stuff and get a good paint job and have that last a long time.
Here is a shot of the front of the house before, this is from the realtor when we bought the house:
Some in progress photos:
The finished product:
Yes, the house has no gutters on it. We decided who needs gutters anyway. Just kidding, the new gutters will be in on Friday!
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