Hello hello! I've been out of town on business all week, so I apologize for being a little disconnected. But I'm back at home now and (although exhausted!) ready to pick back up on blogging. I'm looking forward to catching up on my DVR + all of your blogs tonight! : )
While I was away, guess what happened? Our sweet little casa got a new outfit in the form of a fresh exterior paint job! Woot woot. Our realtor recommended that we go ahead and invest in getting her painted before listing the house for sale on the market. And we agreed- she had some spots that were certainly showing her wear. But now she's freshly painted and all sparkly for potential buyers.
Previously, I did pretty good about editing my pictures of the house to hide the "wow, I need to be painted" views, so I'm a little lacking in before pictures. But who wants to see peeling paint anyways, right? On to the beautiful after shots!
We chose to stick with our current colors- white siding + black shutters + red front door. I think it's such a classic combination, don't you? And no, we did not paint the brick base white- that was done by the previous owners. At first it wasn't my favorite- I love red brick! But it's just about impossible to get paint off of brick (we've tried). So we've made it work and I've even grown to love it a little bit. All part of our sweet casa's character.
Have I ever mentioned how much I love our slate + moss covered sidewalk? I love it. A lot.
Here's a never-before-seen shot of the side of our house, all freshly painted.
The back of the house is looking all sparkly and new, too!
Thanks to our paint guy for giving our casa a new paint job! I think it definitely ups the curb appeal and will attract a lot of buyers. Now hopefully some of our beautiful spring landscaping will start coming through to really show off how gorgeous this house can be!
Have you done anything to spruce up your curb appeal lately?
Isn't it amazing what a new coat of paint can do? Looks beautiful and I'm seriously crushing on that slate + moss sidewalk. It makes it look like the house has been there for 100 years. Love it!
ReplyDeleteIt looks smashing!! I love what a fresh coat of paint can do. A few people have asked me about the house already! They are pondering the location, but at least they are inquiring! Get some rest!
ReplyDeleteA freshly painted exterior makes such a huge impact when selling a house. Your house has so much curb appeal - love the classic color combo! I'll bet it flies off the market.
ReplyDeleteAnyone would be lucky to call it home!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! I agree, classic color combo and it looks fantastic. Did you have to cut the ivy (is it ivy) back to the bricks in the back of the house? My house needs to be painted but I have virginia creeper up the entire front of the garage and it would break my heart to cut it down...
ReplyDeleteWe need to do something like this! Looks great and ready to sell!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for spring to come! :)
ReplyDeleteNice updates! I finally got my outdoor furniture re-covered, which is my only outdoor update. If only it was no longer winter in Iowa... :)
ReplyDeletenice! I am not looking forward to painting our house. Hopefully it will happen this year.
ReplyDeleteI love all the windows at the back of the house! We definitely need to power wash or paint our new house.
ReplyDeleteLooks so good! Love the red brick, black, and white combo--basically my dream home!:)
ReplyDeleteLooks great - I love the classic color combo too - black shutters are my favorite!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great house. Looks so fresh and pretty. We need to seriously carve out time for the front yard. Our poor neighbors must be thinking we dropped off the face of the planet. All in good time!
ReplyDeleteYour classic color combo is a real "Buyer Magnet". Well done.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are doing so much! The next owner will be so lucky!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great!!! And smart idea to have it done while you were out of town! And of course you sold your art history book back...$30 was big (free) money back in college!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a gorgeous house! So sad you have to leave it!
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