Over the past week, I set aside a couple of days to continue chipping away on painting the exterior of the house.  You can see the first two posts about painting the exterior of the house HERE and HERE.  My goal is to get the front, driveway side, and back of the house primed and painted before the cold weather sets in.  The fourth side of the house is covered in a thick hedge, so we need to get that trimmed and cleaned up before we work on painting that side.  With two gables, two walls of siding, and the porch, the front was going to be the biggest challenge and that is almost done! Late last week, I took the day to prep, prime, and paint the front door and the shutters along the front of the house.  I’ve been stalling on painting the front door for months because

I’ve had the exterior paint sitting in the garage since the beginning of the summer, but I just didn’t want to paint in the heat.  I imagined I would spend a day painting and then jump into the pool as a treat, but waiting to paint on cooler early fall days sounded more appealing to me.  I think there was a bit of procrastination happening as well, but I know myself and I will wilt in the heat and won’t be as productive.  This week, the weather report was perfect for painting.  Not too hot, not too cold, and no rain in the forecast.  So, I purposed to do it.  I put it on the mental calendar and let everyone know that is what I’d be working on for a few days this week. Yesterday, I got started. First of all, no, I’m not painting the brick.  I’m usually on