Paint At Last! And A Boo-Boo.

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I have been eager to get the white cornice on the north porch painted as it JUMPED out.

 

Ta-da!

Last week on misty damp gooey day I got some painted but everything was just to wet to finish.

 

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But today? WHOEE!!!!!!!! Cornice done, and arched window trim! During the next two days (a weather window!) I will remove the scaffolding and get the lower portion of the column painted. I am then going to see if I can remove the railing. If so, I can then replace the lost spindles, and paint the whole inside where I have some warm rooms!

 

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Oh, and when painting it is strongly advisable NOT to spill paint on the shingle roof and into the built-in gutter. Only idiots do this!

 

 

17 Comments

  1. Tony Bianchini on January 9, 2017 at 6:35 pm

    XOXOXO

    • Ross on January 9, 2017 at 7:09 pm

      I get hugs & kisses for spilling paint on the house?

      I might have to spill more paint!

  2. Mary on January 9, 2017 at 7:03 pm

    Yay! Looks great. Is there info on your gutters on the website? Very hard to find any roofer/contractor who knows about Yankee gutters! What is that new looking brown strip?
    Thanks

    • Ross on January 9, 2017 at 7:13 pm

      I do not, technically, have Yankee gutters.

      My gutters are built into the huge curved cornice. The gutters were poor shape and have been relined by some space-age material. This was part of the Heritage Trust grant.

      The brown strip is new drip-molding. This is a common detail at the edge of shingles.

  3. Betsy on January 9, 2017 at 7:15 pm

    Sooo exciting- this is another big chunk of the exterior !

    • Ross on January 9, 2017 at 7:18 pm

      And so many chunks to go still! EEEEEEEEEEK!

  4. audrey B on January 9, 2017 at 8:13 pm

    Cornice, and porches, and spindles? Oh my! You are a brave man to be out there painting when there is SNOW on the gutters.

    Those stained glass “plumes” in those porch windows just POP with the newly painted exterior. Even if the colors are a slight disappointment to you for the “close but not a match” to original, I think you have made excellent choices.

    Not to rush you, but I can hardly wait to see that spindles rail revitalized.

    • Ross on January 9, 2017 at 8:18 pm

      That was not JUST snow in the gutters. That was MELTING snow! Yesterday it was ICE!

      I, too, am rather breathless about getting a railing all perty!

      Oh, and I am thrilled with the house colors, even if I did get things a tad confused.

  5. Celeste on January 10, 2017 at 10:08 am

    It looks wonderful, Ross.

    Given the sheer size of the exterior, a small “oops” is pardonable. If it was me painting… well, I don’t want to think about it!

    I love your idea to paint the railing indoors in a controlled environment. What color are you going to paint the railings and latices, the dark olive green or the gold olive green?

  6. Lynn on January 10, 2017 at 12:08 pm

    At least you weren’t scrubbing up painted on paw-prints a la my most recent painting misadventure.
    It looks great!

  7. Seth Hoffman on January 10, 2017 at 12:32 pm

    That’s going to look awesome with the railing complete! The first preview of how the completed front porch will look!

  8. Sue C. on January 10, 2017 at 12:56 pm

    I seem to often get more paint on myself than on the house. You are doing a wonderful job. I look forward to your blog posts!!

    • Ross on January 10, 2017 at 7:00 pm

      Thank you, Sue!

  9. john feuchtenberger on January 10, 2017 at 2:06 pm

    The solid richness of the design elements is brought back to dignified life as your paint scheme progresses. I note the carious bracket still in place–again recommend Abatron. Sure the two-part consolidant is gooey, but it only serves to, well, consolidate the wood fiber and provide a surface to which the void-filling product, the WoodEpox, can bind. The goo gets everywhere–for application I’ve used sacrificial brushes, squeeze condiment bottles, funnels with tubing, but is easily cleaned. Then you mix the two-part paste–about the consistency of cake frosting, pack the cavity with wood pieces for filler, trowel in the WoodEpox, and voila! Never had it fall out, cures as hard as wood, sandable, paintable, doesn’t shrink or crack.

    • Ross on January 10, 2017 at 6:58 pm

      The problem with using Abatron to repair the rotted bracket is that it will will just drip out of the hole being repaired! The bracket would need to be removed and turned upside-down. But, if I remove it, I can more easily just replace the rotted section with new wood.

      • Penny Riedel on January 11, 2017 at 7:04 am

        As my children were growing up I ALWAYS instilled in them….. Any and everything you do in life, do your absolute best , whether you are being paid for it or not. This is something my parents taught me and I believe it also applies here.
        Have a great day.

        • Ross on January 11, 2017 at 8:25 pm

          You are, obviously, a fabulous mom.

          I bow to you, in awe.

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