I can only guess that turquoise was wildly popular in the 1950s, when the house was built, because the previous owners never painted it since. Needless to say, the paint has peeled a bit since the 1950s. And when I say a bit, I mean a lot.Travis and I had a grand idea of sanding the house, sanding all the windows, and painting the house ourselves. We are young and ambitious! We can do it all! Well, we quickly found out that we can't do it all. So, we hired some of our friends for free labor.
Hey, we paid with beer and bbq! Well, after forcing our friends in slave labor for a week, we decided that it'd be even easier if we just paid someone to sand and paint the house. Genius! My mom and dad were nice enough to hire my sister's contractor, Jose, to finish the job. Jose and his crew worked 10 hour days for 7 days. They rocked! And here's the end result:
Here's my sister being Vanna White for new house. 
As you can see, Trav's already started some of the planting. We have dark and light green ferns along the front wall. They look really pretty and I can't wait to hide a couple gnomes within the leaves!The color seemed a little too light when I first saw it, but it now looks a lot better since we've started to add plants. The color is Pratt & Lambert 'Driftwood.' The metal work at the front porch is a medium gray now. I'm thinking of painting the shutters that gray too. Opinions?
We also bought new house numbers. I agonized about which numbers to get. There are a ton of great house numbers online, with wonderful fonts and cool materials. But they were sooo expensive! I couldn't justify spending $100 or more for house numbers. So we went to the usual, good old Home Depot, and bought numbers for $4 each! Can't beat it. And I really like them. They are a very nice font and they have little metal spacers that hold them off the wall. It creates a nice shadow effect. What do you think?
