Tag Archives: exterior

  • front front door

    Not a typo. This is our second front door, supplementing the original, and completing the front fence project we recently shared …

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  • wet weekend

    It rained last weekend. But we didn’t complain. When it does rain here, it reminds us of England…and makes us happy we moved to California …

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  • street view

    The ‘front’ door in our model is at the side –accessed via this path, open to the street. We plan to add a secondary front door/fence, creating a private courtyard entry …

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  • color fast

    Last weekend was our first ‘free’ weekend in memory. Aside from a thorough post-tour house clean, we had nothing on our plates. And we were twitchy …

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  • back side

    Last summer, we painted most of our exterior, leaving just the back, and a small adjoining side section. And that’s how it stayed, until this summer …

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  • paint it gray

    Long before buying our Eichler, we knew its eventual color scheme –mid-gray siding, contrasting beams, lime green door. During our twisty search, we imagined this …

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  • side steps

    Having painted the patio and front, we moved around the side. This path leads around that corner to our front door. And also back out to the street. We plan to add a fence …

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  • up front

    This blog is hopelessly out of sync. Maybe we should stop doing, so I can start posting. Either way, I need to catch you up, starting with (you guessed it) more painting …

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  • the wall

    This is the exterior of our master bedroom wall, around the corner from our side patio. It faces north, and gets plenty of shade, so should have been easy to prep. Not so …

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