Project Curb Appeal Continues

Last Thursday when I went to go and see my baby Dr, she told me now was the time to keep busy with doing things that I / we wouldn't do once baby arrived. So Friday morning we did just that. We got out of bed, ate quickly and got to work out front... painting the siding. 


B had come home on Thursday asking me to go to Home Depot with him to pick up all of the stuff he would need to paint our red siding out front, as well as the railing on our deck. I later asked him if this project was his way of nesting and he replied (probably jokingly) that yes, it was. I won't go into a lot of detail here... I mean, there isn't much detail really, as all we did was paint, so let's first take a look back at the front of our home from before we began "Project Improve our Curb Appeal" last fall...

Yup... all of it was pretty sad looking. That pathetic excuse for a front entrance... that not too pretty garden and the mish-mash of colours that we had going on (please don't judge... we tried to work with what we had and failed miserably, so decided not to invest any more money until we were ready for the big change).

Then of course, last November we ripped that off and B and my Dad built a beautiful new (and warm) front entrance and front deck, which by itself, drastically improved our curb appeal. Come this spring - the front of our home looked a little something like this...

A little better - but still some issues with the grey siding on the new entry, the red up top and that pinky coloured stone veneer that was put onto the home at some point in the past. So yes, ladies and gents - this past Friday was the day to address this issue. When we had gone to Home Depot the day before, B had brought along a sample of the board and batten siding on our new front entrance and had it colour matched to Behr exterior paint. Friday morning after our quick breakfast B headed outside and got the scaffolding all set up to get to work...

Though we planned to only paint the siding that day, once B was done we looked at each other and agreed it was also time to tackle that old stone veneer. B took some of the white we had picked up for the deck railing (which I had been working on painting) and mixed in a bit of grey, to cover up that stone. Though most of it was complete by Friday evening, we had to come back to the project on Sunday (after taking Saturday off to spend at my parents house celebrating Canada Day). It was a lot of hard work (especially painting that stone veneer) - but it was well worth it now that our home looks like this from the front...

Yes - you may notice that the outside portion of the railing in that last photo is not yet painted. We'll have to take it apart in the future to get the whole thing - but for now, we'd say the house is looking 100% better than it did before. We're so thrilled with the transformation, and I'm so thankful for all of B's hard work over his long weekend. Now the next project...

... adding some colour to the front door. Once we get that colour on (which we've already picked out and purchased), we know it will help to set the tone for the rest of the front. But for now, we're feeling like our curb appeal has come a long way since we first got the keys two years ago.