The Bois Bungalow

We have finished some woodwork recently and are hoping to finish it up in the next few months.  The woodwork when we purchased the house, covered in paint and texture: Stripped woodwork  Stained and finished woodwork A not good picture of the parlor window before we took possession of the house: The same window, mid restoration. The paint on this window was an absolute pain to strip.  Partially stained window  Finished window!  New blinds for the finished window We currently have... 6 windows left to finish and then we can move to the floors! All of the ceiling beams and baseboards are completed, so we just need to finish the windows so that we can refinish the floors. We have spent countless hours stripping and sanding woodwork and I feel like we can see the light at the end of the tunnel for these projects. 

We lost a kitty recently to an accident. He was ran over and I could not have been more upset with myself. I vowed to not allow a cat outdoors again without knowing they were 100% safe. Because of this, we chose to build an enclosed patio in the yard for our surviving kitty. We built it so that he could enter from the basement and go in and out as he pleases. We cleared out the area where we wanted the catio: Cemented the posts in the ground We used livestock fencing, definitely more than we needed to keep kitties in.  Building the door to the catio The top of the catio has fencing folded over to keep them from climbing the structure and getting out Beau's first time in the catio. We have since spruced it up with some tree stumps, ramp and landing areas.

I thought I would post some before and after pictures of some more recent projects. I feel like I don't post on here often enough, so I thought I would put up some pictures :) The shed on the day of the inspection, before we purchased the house. About four years later with a new door post scraping/prepping for paint. After, painted with Bunglehouse Blue by Sherwin Williams and white trim Our bedroom window. Broken window pane and old paint.  New window paint and fresh paint! The house a few years ago, before we put in the picket fence.  The house a week ago while the guys were scraping/prepping for paint. The house tonight, post paint job :) The house years ago in all its yellow glory. Tonight with a fresh paint job.  Again, years ago.  And tonight, with our incomplete privacy fence. It is replacing that shabby picket fence.  And here are some fencing ...

We had the house painted this week! We hired a professional and it was completely worth not having to do it ourselves. They spent two days prepping the house. They pressure washed, scraped, sanded, caulked, primed and then painted. We chose Sherwin Williams Bunglehouse Blue for the body, white for the trim, Atmospheric for the porch ceiling and Iron Ore for the window and porch floor. We chose to paint the porch ceiling a haint blue because of the history behind it. We will see if it makes a difference with the amount of bugs. It is amazing how much of a difference paint can make! Now for the fun part, the pictures. The front of the house while the painters were working. The north side of the house. The west side of the house. The north side. The front Front porch They finished on Friday and it is still quite shocking to walk out and see a blue house instead of a yellow one. We think the blue makes the house look m...