Cleaned, scrapped, sanded, primed and painted. In these shots, the colour appears greenish, but it's actually more cream.
Inner front fretwork is done.
Here is the front corner...
looking down the length of the side porch.
I'm always amazed by the effect of fresh paint.
It's been smooth sailing/sanding up to the last side section. There may have been some water damage at some point in the past - the arrow shows slightly warped ceiling boards. That area of the fretwork below the arrow shows very brittled paint that no longer sticks to the wood - alligatoring.
This a close-up of the area which I stripped with a heat gun. Tried with our steamer, but the remaining paint was just too thick.
Here is the end of the porch leading to the garden. Two sections to do.
Note the brackets, one with hook, one with hole, present at the top of every post except for one. I think they were meant for curtains. Just love the fact that they're still there.
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| The Puddicombe House in New Hamburg ON |
Wondering how the Dusty Victorian would look with curtains around its porch? Here is Puddicombe House in New Hamburg built in 1868. A much fancier version of our house. I like the effect, giving the impression of added living space. The front curtains would also shield us from the sun from 2:00 pm until sunset.