Remodeling Guy is having a Remodeling Round up tomorrow and I’ve already got a fun giveaway planned for tomorrow so I’m posting my project a day early. Early bird gets the worm right? Wish I liked worms.
This is the part where I bestow all of my useful knowledge on you. Well it’s not much. I knew there were a few things I had to have for this house. Here’s what I knew I wanted:
- light colored painted brick
- farmhouse style wooden doors
- a covered porch.
- wide shutters
- pay cash for everything
Those were the hills I was willing to die on.
We lived in this house for three and a half years before we could even begin to start the outside. That gave me lots of time to drive around and take photos of all the houses I loved. I measured the opening for the front door and figured out that since we had sidelights, we would have room for the double doors I wanted.
For a girl like me, having the outside of our home made over was one of the most thrilling, rewarding, and fun things I had ever been a part of. Watching something go from average to beautiful is just about my favorite thing. Even if it’s not perfect, it can still be beautiful, right?
painted brick color: bone china {old Martha Stewart color from Sherwin Williams}
shutter paint: restrained gold {Sherwin Williams}
doors: ordered from Canada–I wouldn’t recommend the company