Guest House Front -- BEFORE --
Guest House Front -- scraping!
-- DURING-- Termite repair!
-- DURING -- 1st prime and caulked
--PRIMED -- 2nd coat primer and ready for paint!
Green is the color of the Day - three choices...
2 choices...
Finally! A decision, and a first coat of paint!
Undercoat to make the door look like wood again....
Aged Mahogany gel stain and my experiment was a success! Looks like the original wooden door! Woo!
Guest House East Wall -- BEFORE -- so much damage...
Guest House East Wall -- BEFORE -- beyond words...
Guest House East Wall -- BEFORE --
Guest House East Wall -- DURING -- Let the Sanding begin!
Guest House East Wall --DURING-- sanding... repairing....
Guest House East Wall -- DURING -- sanding...more repairing...
Guest House East Wall --During-- sanded, repaired, 1st coat primed
Guest House East Wall -- During -- caulked, 2nd coat primer
Guest House East Wall -- During -- caulked, 2nd coat primer.. Much better!
DURING -- 2 coats of paint on walls. windows/trimed PRIMED only. Still needs paint on trim.
Guest House Back -- BEFORE --
--DURING-- ... so much damage! Beginning of scraping...
--DURING-- forget it, all the paint must come off!
-- During -- Massive sanding and board repair and wood filling.
--DURING-- wood fill and repair... and more repair.. and more wood fill...
-- During -- Even MORE repair and wood fill!
--During -- Work, work, work....
--During -- Finally! A first coat of primer goes up!
--During -- caulked and pergola primed with first coat!
--DURING-- closet wall - not as bad...
--DURING -- closet wall - sanded, caulked, 2 coats of primer -- MUCH BETTER NOW!
They don't even look like the same walls, do they?
-- PRIMED! -- 2 coats of primer, repaired, caulked and ready for paint!
-- PRIMED! -- Much better! Time to move on to the LAST wall of the Guest House! That's right - the LAST one! YAY!
Walls: 2 coats of paint. Trim: primed only.
Guest House side door from street.
Guest House WEST WALL -- BEFORE -- Same damage as the back, but more of it! The roses try, but can't cover it up.
Guest House West closet Wall - BEFORE (sort of, we started working and forgot to get complete "before" shots!
West Wall - scraping and beginning of sanding!!
More scraping...
Even more scraping...
All the paint needed to come off - so, off it came!
West Wall - Time to start building it all back up! The wood fill and repair begin!
West Wall - 1st coat of Primer! Looking better--
Guest House West Wall - let's get to painting.
GH west wall primed
Guest House West Wall Painted.(Trim still to be done) Jasmine planted to climb the fence and go over the little porch, white roses planted to hide the majority of the pipes.
Out the gate to the trash enclosure - painting in progress.
Main House - Green Trim Primed (Door is being replaced by a mahogany stained one)
Main House --DURING -- 1st Coat paint and primer trim... A new mahogany door will replace the green one
Main House - Let the piming begin!
Main House -- Paint goes up! Trim still needs paint.
Main House --DURING-- 1st coat paint and primer on trim
Main House -- DURING -- 1st coat paint and primer trim
Main House picture window damage --Switch gears back to massive prep work UGH.
Main House porch wall damage
Main House stucco and wood damage
Main House Picture Window wall - 1st coat paint. Trim: Prime only. Damage repaired. Beautiful sunset and palm reflected in the window. Gorgeous end to a long hard day of work.
Main House -- Picture window - problem area.
Main House -- Picture window - Repaired, 2 coats of paint, just need trim! Moving on!
Around the corner, West Wall & Shed painted 2 coats - trim and landscaping still need to be done.
Lilies in need of a makeover as well!
Dancing grasses
Sweet Roses
Delicious smelling Angel Trumpets!
Angel Trumpets in White, too!
Date Palm and Sweet old birdhouse that has full occupancy.
The Shed
Shed before
Side of shed before
Primed
Front yard side of shed - PRIMED
deck and shed
GH from the deck through the budding Ride of Madeira
Deck - walls painted. Future site of incredible daybed under the wisteria!
