Parents of a Dozen: Exterior Painting

As we have mentioned before we have a business of renovating and remodeling homes. We will be posting on several of the houses. This is a house we bought fixed up and resold. We also stage the homes before selling them with items form our house, garage sales, estate sales and things our daughter, from House of Grace, picks up for us, also from garage sales.

We saw some potential in this home. It looks kind of spooky!
Before

We stained the outside, the porch, added shutters and trimmed up and added landscaping. It was a beautiful day when we took this picture. It looks fake, but this is what it really looks like. What a difference!

After

Before picture of the back

After picture of the back

Before 8-27-2009 224

After

This house has a great rap around porch.

These are the stairs out back.

We even staged the porch.

Another angle!
Before

After

As you could see the staining transformed this house.

What do you think? Would you have done anything different?

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Doug and Sharon Heasley

(Parents of a Dozen)

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7 comments:

Jason FlesherMay 20, 2011 at 9:49 PM
You did an amazing job. The house went from cute to outstanding. I can't believe how much work you put into it. The new owners have to be loving it.
Amanda M.May 21, 2011 at 11:50 AM
Um, HOLY AMAZING. GORGEOUS. That "house" has now become a complete HOME and is stunning!
AnonymousMay 22, 2011 at 8:08 PM
HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!! That is AMAZING! The 'After' look of the home looks so much more cheerful and inviting! You say you stained the exterior; what exactly does that mean? Did you put wood stain right over the paint? Or was it some kind of paint/stain blend? You guys truly amaze me with all you do. Parenting, transforming homes, etc.

Thanks!
Andrea L.
Parents of a DozenMay 22, 2011 at 10:56 PM
Thank you for your comments! We used a Sherwin William's Solid Color Stain. The house has cedar siding. A stain can be mixed in any color like paint, but is wears better than paint which tends to chip and peel.
EricaJune 7, 2011 at 12:36 AM
That house has some charm! I love it :)
Sarah NorthJune 9, 2011 at 5:19 PM
GORGEOUS!!! I love love love it!
WoodsPaintingJuly 2, 2020 at 1:53 AM
Great Blog! Seriously good stuff. Thank you for sharing.

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