If i ever knew how hard it's to paint the exterior of a house. I think I would have prepared myself a little better for this task, especially on a day where the temperature reached the 90's! Although, I enjoyed picking the main color and the color for the shutters. We used around 6 gallons of paint for a is 1300 sq ft old cute cape.
Here is Hubby scraping and our Realtor painting ( He came for a couple of hours to help us out!)
If you notice the top left side shows the condition of the old paint.
I see progress!
The back of the house almost done!
My mother in law holding the ladder for my father in law while he was painting the top side of the house and Camila having a snack, she had a busy day.
I am so grateful for all the family and friends help during that crazy weekend. The VA required us to have the house painted with two coats within three days. So, we bought the exterior Marquee paint at Home Depot and it worked wonderful. We only paint one coat and the inspector approved it!
We used Behr Gray area as the main color and for the trims we used Mountain Peak White from Benjamin Moore.
And, they connected the sewer to the city hence the dirt on the front yard. Yes, We have a ton of work to do in the yard.
After hours of signing papers, we finally closed and we went to eat sushi to celebrate. The waiter was nice enough to shot a pic of us holding our house key!
After we closed on the house, I removed the wallpaper in the living room and I am almost done with that room. I will post about it later.
Thanks for reading!
Carolina
