December 21, 2011

The House is Finally Painted!

After waiting forever for the HOA to do their thing, a couple of false starts due to rain, and the holidays creeping in, the house has finally been painted.

For a refresher, here is the before:


I still can't decide why in the world they chose to paint the house three different shades of brown. Everyone else in the neighborhood was perplexed about this as well from what we've heard. And since the house hadn't been painted in 20 some odd years, it took well over 20 gallons of paint to cover the house! It was only supposed to take 15 gallons. That was some thirsty wood!

And here's the after:

I can't get over how much better it looks! We've been getting lots of compliments from the neighbors as well. I can't wait until the spring when the purples and pinks and yellows of the flowers I planted pop against the backdrop of the house. I say big success!