Once upon a peach house...: We are painting ... forever painting ...

Before we bought the house, we decided that one of the first things we would do is give the outside a new coat of paint. We asked the owners when they last painted it and were informed it was "just last year so you shouldn't need to paint for a while." HA --- If your house was this color ALL OVER, what would you do??? Peach just doesn't seem like the "in" color ... something just tells me we're past the peach days (although in Brigham City they still have Peach Days, don't they? Maybe this house color belongs THERE!) ...

So, paint it is! We bought the paint back in September when it was on sale at M. We knew at the time that we didn't want to be outside painting because it was so hot, but we wanted to get a good deal and save a little on the overall cost. We knew the weather would be changing soon, so we waited. Who knew buying almost 10 gallons of paint could be so burdensome on ones mind?!

We I were stressing that it wouldn't get done, but about two weeks ago we could see the weather was going to be beautiful for the weekend, so out came the paint and paint brushes. Thinking this would be a weekend project, out we went. WOW ----- what a chore!!! Having never painted a house before, we had NO idea how much work it would be. Painting a room is one thing, but painting the outside of a house is something totally different!

This project has brought a few challenges but nothing we can't handle. HA! I have to laugh at that last statement because about a week and a half ago I really didn't think I could handle the stress that was happening. To put it simply (because you don't want to the extended version ... it's one of my long winded stories!) the company (or M ... as I so lovingly call it!) we originally bought the paint from (who so nicely told us we'd only need one coat -- yeah, more like THREE!) could NOT match their own paint color that they so nicely mixed for us on September 9th along with all the other paint we are using. It brought on some extreme stress at the time, but S-W came to save the day. They did an amazing job matching our paint and sending me on my way!

Here are some before and progress pictures, in case you are interested! Ryan is taking Thursday and Friday off of work to hopefully finish this monster project. I'll post complete pictures then, but for now... ENJOY!