Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Our House - the big reveal

We've been doing some major work on our almost 100 year-old home, and it is so exciting to see it all coming together. Our outside renovations started last summer when we decided to pull off some vinyl siding to see what was underneath. To our pleasant surprise, it was cedar shingles and they were in pretty good condition. It was exactly the look we were going for, and so began our project.

We hired one of Alex's young men to take off all of the siding, and then we hired a company to come and repair our slate roof, replace our gutters, and put some new cedar shingles up. We decided to replace the shingles on the whole front of the house because it was in the worst condition, and we wanted that to look the best.

We hired a renovation company to make the house look pretty - new trim, new doors, and fresh paint. We went with a sage green, white trim, and a red accent color on our porch. We are really happy with how it looks, and feel like our house is becoming "ours."


6 comments:

SydneyMin said...

It's beautiful! I'm so excited for you guys :) Can't wait to come over and see it!

Sara said...

Beautiful! I love the look and colors that you chose - so classy!

The Nortons said...

It looks so great! I love it!

Dennis Family said...

I absolutely love it! Very cute!

Mesia said...

wow! i love the house! it looks beautiful!

Lisa said...

It looks amazing!!