siding | before paint

Ok, I have to admit I am about a week behind with photos but I think they are worth the wait! I wanted to share some pics of the siding once they were about done and the painters had started caulking and puttying in preparation for paint!

So, here is where it all started! Way back in JUNE! All of this original paint was selected by the previous owners – definitely not our preference! And we weren’t in love with the spanish style light fixtures or the stucco spanish arch privacy wall, among other things.

So here is the wide shot of the house, all re-sided and ready for paint. One of the most amazing things we ended up doing was wrapping the posts in the front courtyard/patio with hardi board. Previously, they were very ugly cedar beams, and some of them were rotting. They are very expensive and labor intensive to replace, so wrapping  them was the best option. It will extend their life for some time and they work so much better with the new siding since the smooth finish matches the siding.

Right side of the house during work.

Left side of the house during work.

Here is a shot of the front patio in progress.

Next up: paint! My favorite part!! Here is where we started way back when with selecting paint colors (these are Behr colors). In choosing the paint, we stuck with these pretty closely.

And below are our final paint swatches for the house color. We ended up having to use Kelly Moore paint because that is the paint that our painters preferred. So, for the soffit and the fascia we wanted to use the same white that we used on the slat wood wall, which meant they had to color match it. They were able to do that, it worked out well. We aren’t those people who paint tons of swatches before we make a paint decision. We basically went to Kelly Moore, picked out a bunch of gray swatches (for the siding) and yellow swatches (for the front door). Then, we brought the swatches home, narrowed it down to 2 gray swatches, and got samples mixed. Below were the results of those samples – they look really similar (and they are!) but the one on the left has a little more green and the one on the right has a tad bit more blue. They are still both pretty neutral grays. Stay tuned next week for finished pics of the painted siding and to see what colors we chose!