Let The Face Lift Begin

We have embarked on a journey to bring new a new sparkle to my Mom's old home, and in the process turn it into our home.  The house was built in 1900 and has wonderful old cedar siding on it.  It had been many years since it was painted and last fall that was first on the list of to do's. 

I think we had four bids for the painting and ended up with the person that we liked best (we thought) although not the cheapest as cheap isn't always the way to go.  We discussed stains and paints and decided that in keeping with the character of the cedar we would have the house stained as it had been in the past.  After several discussions we decided to just go with a deeper richer color in the same tones as it had been 20 years ago. 

I personally was quite excited to drive up to see how it looked only to pull in the driveway to see it was almost the same color.  It was our mistake to not have put up a fuss at the time, but we let it go since it did look freshly painted even if it wasn't the color we had expected.  On a positive note, it could have been way worse. 

I found out later after going to the paint store where the stain had been purchased that our painter had taken an old vent from the house and had the paint store do an exact match.  Interesting that anyone would try to match 20 years of sun fade....but our paint guy was quite successful.  This should be considered forewarning of our future luck with hiring contractors rather than doing it ourselves.

The house was painted in the Fall but I thought the snow added additional charm.  This will be our new home in the future.