For those keeping score at home,
we are now in Year 2 of our Dutch colonial project.
There has been a flurry of activity inside, involving a lot of drywall.
While that’s a lot of hard work + great progress,
sadly, it’s just not that photogenic.
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Recently, our attention has turned to our exterior, at long last.
Here’s what she looks like now:
We just got a bid on wrapping + siding the house,
+ I couldn’t be more pleased.
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This means that I’ve been pondering exterior colors,
which is pretty much fun on a stick!
I love Dutch colonials with light first stories + dark uppers, like here:
Houzz
and here:
I am really drawn to white with gray.
This isn’t a Dutch colonial, but it’s the same idea, + I love it.
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Meanwhile, even though I’m 95% sure I want white with gray,
once in a while I entertain the idea of something else, like this:
Country Living magazine
I love red houses!
But I dunno . . . red’s a major commitment I don’t think I can make.
I fear that our Dutch colonial’s barn-like shape with RED would be a cliché.
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Maybe it’s because it’s finally spring here,
+ this year, I’m seeing pastel colors just about everywhere . . .
. . . + I’ve always loved pale yellow houses, like here:
Country Living magazine
How could you not be in a good mood, as cheerful as this is?
Same here:
Houzz
It certainly looks great paired with white!
I love the white vertical siding + dovecote (faux birdhouse in the gable)!
Oh, well, I don’t have to decide TO-day, but soon.
Stay tuned!
REDBIRD 