Monday, June 16, 2008

Before and After








Our house was in serious need of an exterior paint job and after considering different historic bungalow color schemes we decided to go bold. We really like it. The pictures do no justice. What looks like white trim in the bright sun is really a darker brownish-cream color. The door is going to be stripped back to the wood and we're going to replace our little white gate with a taller one made from salvaged pieces of our old wood fence. We've been passively looking at houses because we feel we've outgrown this one, but we love this house and can't find anything we think is worth leaving it for. For now we're enjoying the new colors and raspberry patch that is now well established and huge. Maybe we'll just add on.

4 comments:

Julie said...

It looks GREAT, you guys! So much more appealing and inviting than the old neutral color. You did good.

Jessica B said...

Nicely done! It looks really good. I'm sad we never never made it to your house before we moved:(Our fault!)

Gross Clan said...

I LOVE it!! It looks so nice. I love that you chose historic colors, that's great and obviously fitting. Looking good!

The Vreelands said...

Hey Mel...this is Alison. The new paint job looks so good.