I guess this is part of why a lot of people would hire someone else to paint their house. ![]() Now, I'm afraid of heights, with an inconvenient vertigo response to make things interesting, so mounting a ladder poised on top of a raised porch took some courage on my part, especially since painting the tops of the balls required me to get up there pretty high. Note the gingerbread scroll bracket in the corner. Here you can see it with a little solar bird lantern. Harmonizing with that one, we chose a burnt orange.īut these warmer colors needed a cool accent. The first color to go on was a golden yellow. But we can paint the finials! So we went with a bold, three-color scheme. Side note: Since the house is clad in vinyl siding (sigh), we can't paint that part. ![]() But I wanted to highlight them even more, as they sort of get lost in all the whitey whiteness of the home's exterior. Most likely they are original to the house, which is a lovely feature to have still intact, especially since the porch, which is plastic, certainly isn't original to this 1904, World's Fair-era Victorian.Ī couple of times I've been out working in the front yard, and passersby compliment me on the finials, which look like a row of gumdrops. Here are the finials before the paint went on: They're perfectly round balls set in a 2-1-2 pattern on dowels (1-1 on the sides). Besides that cool blue dining room redo, we also tackled the front and back entrance door exteriors, in addition to a row of gingerbread ball finials lining the top of our front porch. Weather like that is perfect for painting projects because the paint goes on smoothly and dries quickly, and you're not miserable working in the heat or cold. ![]() Last fall we were treated to a long 'Indian summer,' with temps in the 70s to low 80s (that's balmy and beautiful for those of you on celsius) throughout September and October.
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