We started at the back of the house and scraped off all of the peeling paint.
Last week we painted for two hours on Sunday, and we also painted one night after work. We were able to get most of the back wall done:
On Saturday, we worked from 8-10 in the morning and almost finished the back wall. We had to stop to watch Iowa football (right in the middle of the day!). At least they won the game!
Today we got a lot of work done, we worked from 8:30am until 4pm! We started by painting one side of the house. Caitlin came over to help for several hours. It was great to have an extra pair of hands!
After finishing that wall, we starting scraping and then painting the wall by the front door.
While Alan and Caitlin were painting the wall, I started caulking the cracks in the ceiling and walls of the front porch. We are going to eventually paint this area a lighter color than the rest of the house, although I haven't picked out a color yet.
As if that weren't enough, we also used the power washer today to clean the house. I got up on the roof to clean one side of the chimney, and Alan cleaned the other side. Alan washed the side of the house too.
After all that work, we were exhausted! Now we have two sides of the house done, and only two more sides to go!
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