June 15, 2009 marked two years since moving to the "new house" as David still calls it. As always, what seems like a small project around here always turns into something bigger. With the kitchen, it started out with replacing our broken microwave. That trickled down into painting the cabinets, tile backsplash, new countertops, etc. Well, same thing occurred this weekend, although, I must say it was much cheaper than the kitchen project...just some paint is all it took. I had Dave hanging a new flag and bunting that we bought in Gettysburg to decorate for 4th of July. That trickled into painting the shutters and then it turned into painting the porch. After three days of non-stop painting, we are finally done, and actually really pleased with our "new house". It's kind of weird when you move into someone else's house. It takes a while to make it your own. We love it, and I have a feeling we'll actually be sitting on the front porch this summer, enjoying life and appreciating the hard work we put into everything. Our inspiration for this project was Cape May and a serene, "homey" southern plantation. Here's the before and after...
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AFTER:
I took a couple more close ups , click pic to view album:
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Very Pretty. I am imagining that it is navy blue, but it looks green to me.
ReplyDeleteI have a tough time distinguishing between the two colors in the sun. What is it so I can complete the picture in my mind?
Sorry, I should haveput that. It was green shutters before with all white porch. It's now black shutters with black brown, and soon to be added red porch
ReplyDeleteAre you changing the slats on the porch too?
ReplyDeleteI really like it though. Its very pretty. Does the porch get much sun?
what do you mean, the spindles on the railing? Nah, if that's what you mean, nah they're staying white..and no, it stays shaded all day(which is nice)
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