The Pumpkin House, or "Is that Primer?"

Newly painted house with newly chopped poor tree. More on the tree in another post.

Certainly we had planned to paint long ago, but took this project, too, a step at a time. Before we toured for 10 months, I prepped and primered the house.


The house had was all white as pictured above. Using a good friend's computer program, Eleni and I decided on orange. Here is another before shot, this time the South side of the house:


And after:

There are some pretty high areas that required a tall ladder. After painting at such a height, I would recommend using a stand-off which helps move you further from the house (so you can see what you are doing) and secures the ladder.


Still, don't look down.

Luckily, I had a couple of friends help me paint, including Mike (Tofu Mama).

The house is not yet finished -- more hard work to come this Spring including the window trim and porticos. The porticos will be grey.

We will also need to take apart most of our old windows and re-rope them. Luckily we have no other long tours planned, so I will be home to complete these projects.

For now, we are very happy with our new pumpkin house. Even if a couple people asked "Is that primer?" hopefully. We are happy our home is a part of the colorful houses of Cleveland Holloway.