As promised, hubby took our lil' house from dull, peeling beige to blue and white with glossy black doors. Next spring, with improved landscaping (the "pickles" will be banished!) and lots of impatiens and geraniums in planters on the deck in vibrant reds and pinks, I think it will look really great.
(Yes, he did overspray some of the lower level masonry; that will get repainted white in spring.) My guy is pretty damn handy, huh?
Postscript: this is our PRIMARY home - in the Chciago 'burbs. It's an old farmhouse/cottage from the 1930's...out lot is 1/3 acre which is nice, considering that all around us are cookie-cutter subdivisions with postage-stamp size lots. It DOES look like a vacation cottage, though, now that Abby mentioned it...
PPS: The "pickles" are the jokey name we have for the upright arborvitae - evergreen bushes - clearly evident on the pic of the front view of the house. Click on the pick and you will see a row of bushes in front of the house. They block the deck and are all mis-shapen and...just kinda ugly. They don't "work" well with the cottage look. They just look like a lame attempt to hide the house from the busy street.
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brandy101
 | Posted by Gigglesbee @ 09/25/2007 09:33 PM PDT | |
| Nicely done! I LOVE the color!!! |
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| Posted by greg @ 09/20/2007 06:48 PM PDT | |
what a quaint little cottage! (I've always wanted to say that!).
when i stare at your scrolling slideshow, i feel like robocop looking through his visor. i'm cool! |
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| Posted by Michelle @ 09/19/2007 08:24 PM PDT | |
| Your house is fantastic and your husband did an outstanding job. |
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| Posted by MissGinger @ 09/19/2007 10:56 AM PDT | |
I love the colours, and WOW, the house is so nice.
mmmmmm, pickles. |
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| Posted by jerry @ 09/19/2007 09:47 AM PDT | |
| I dont see the pickles either, can we get a circle and arrow? |
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| Posted by brandy101 @ 09/18/2007 06:33 PM PDT | |
No, this is our PRIMARY home, here in Illinois - suburbs of Chicago!
The cabin is white with a green metal roof and is in the woods in central Wisconsin! |
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| Posted by AbbyNormal @ 09/18/2007 05:08 PM PDT | |
| It looks like such the fun home-away-from-home retreat! ...Uhm, but I'm with beej. I don't see no stinkin' pickles. |
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| Posted by brandy101 @ 09/18/2007 04:06 PM PDT | |
| those long oval-shaped arborvitae (green evergreen bushes) in front of the house; I think they look like pickles! |
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| Posted by beej @ 09/18/2007 02:11 PM PDT | |
| Okay, you keep talking about these pickles and I don't know what you're talking about. Did I miss something? I wouldn't be surprised...*sigh* |
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| Posted by brandy101 @ 09/18/2007 12:53 PM PDT | |
| its easy, Joe - just get a free account on Photobucket.com - their applications are really easy to use, and work well w. blogs, IMHO. |
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| Posted by Joe @ 09/18/2007 12:40 PM PDT | |
| Woohoo! Very nice slideshow application. I think I may have to steal that sometime. |
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