Facelift

This past weekend's Sunday project was a quick face lift on the main facade of the porch. Even though we are making a lot of progress, the front of the house still looked pretty shabby as the photos show.

East Porch before.

Front Entrance before.

The paint was peeling of in a number of places, and the old traces of the former ivy infestation were all to visible from the street. A couple of hours and a gallon of paint later, and the results speak for themselves:

Front Entrance After.

Now it looks nice and CRISP. I replaced the old tiny brass house numbers that were BARELY visible from the street with more distinctive 5" numbers that are easy to see and make a statement. 

Front view after.

I also put out the window box planters and hung the hanging baskets that were brought over from the old house. They're a little small scale wise at this point, but as the baskets fill out over the next few months they'll look more like they belong. 

I still have a few more days of scraping and painting to get the rest of the trim polished up, but all in all a very satisfying day.