1st Story Siding Is Up + Running!

Progress at the Dutch colonial!

Its first story is now sporting white clapboard siding!

We chose 3″ white clapboards, as that was original to the house.

Disclaimer: I say “we” chose white, but it was my idea.

G.O. was not on board at first,

nor has he completely been won over — YET.

I’m sorry, but this makes me smirk!

In fact, on more than one occasion,

when chit chatting with passersby,

G.O. has remarked, “That’s a LOT of white, isn’t it?”

HA!

Thankfully, everybody’s been pretty gung-ho about “all that white”, so far.

On Saturday afternoon, I over heard a guy-neighbor saying to G.O.,

“It looks like an old farmhouse!”

Um.  YAY.

That’s what I had in mind!

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Anyway, speaking of “old farmhouse”, I chose to further evoke that look

with a siding change for our house’s back entry.

I’m guessing this structure is not original to the house,

which prompted the switch out.

I want our house to look as if it evolved over time.

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I can’t WAIT to get a light fixture hung over the door.

This morning, I’ll grab my credit card + order this  from Home Depot:

I think it goes with my “old farmhouse” vibe,

+ that black is really going to pop against “all the white”!

We/meaning I chose black for the garage doors . . .

Couldn’t resist. 🙂

. . . so our back entry door

will soon be sporting some black paint of its own:

Stay tuned!