We had planned to finish the outside of the house over time, but it turns out the insurance company doesn't like that idea. They have asked us to paint the house before we can get a homeowners policy. Bugger! The first part of the process is to cover the front with cedar shingles to add texture to the house in contrast to the clean lines of the columns.
We almost got the third gable finished yesterday, but we ran out of light. Next we will finish the area under the porch and the two areas under the biggest front windows. Then we will paint the fascia boards and rafters on the two smaller gables, leaving all of the cedar 1 x 6's and 1 x 4's, which we will seal rather than paint. One of our neighbors generously offered to buy us a pizza as we worked on the roof last night--this project is making us adored on Oak Avenue.
We had planned to finish the outside of the house over time, but it turns out the insurance company doesn't like that idea. They have asked us to paint the house before we can get a homeowners policy. Bugger! The first part of the process is to cover the front with cedar shingles to add texture to the house in contrast to the clean lines of the columns.
We almost got the third gable finished yesterday, but we ran out of light. Next we will finish the area under the porch and the two areas under the biggest front windows. Then we will paint the fascia boards and rafters on the two smaller gables, leaving all of the cedar 1 x 6's and 1 x 4's, which we will seal rather than paint. One of our neighbors generously offered to buy us a pizza as we worked on the roof last night--this project is making us adored on Oak Avenue.
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