So, Notice Anything Missing?

She's feeling a bit exposed, is That Old House.

This morning started early, with a painting crew
arriving to power wash her walls and trim work.

She likes the attention, but she's a little shy about having all her nooks and crannies showered.

A girl likes to have a few secrets, you know?

Arched attic window.  Wait till you see its shutters!

 Worst moment:  At my laptop in the sunroom, and hearing footsteps overhead.

As in, footsteps on the translucent ceiling.

As in, seeing the rafters bend as one of the guys, walking on the sunroom roof,

power washed from that vantage point.  

I prudently moved out of the conservatory.  If that guy was going to come crashing

through the ceiling, I wanted to still be alive so I could dial 911.

I'm only used to seeing little birdie feet on my sunroom roof.  Not workboots. 

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Not much paint came off in the power washing.  Painter Danny was surprised.

 All the shutters are off, so she looks a little nekkid.

  They are stacked up behind the house.

Howard and I are going to examine them this weekend,

to decide if there are any we can repair and keep, or if they all should be replaced.

 Look closely.  Or even not so closely if you are easily scared.

Yes, there are issues with these shutters.   But they belong here.

However, slats are falling out like baby teeth.

You see that curved bit to the left of this picture?  That's the top half of an attic shutter.

Oy.

 But I'm still hoping to save at least some of them; replacements are just so expensive.

Goodwill doesn't usually have 16-1/2" x 58" louvered wood shutters available.  :-P

Most of the window casings have all their shutter hardware still in place, even

windows like these that lost their shutters some time ago:

Back of the house.

The front of a shutter; the skinny center rail lets you open or chose the louvers for ventilation.

This guy looks in pretty good shape!  Yay.

A close look at this shutter showed me something interesting . . .

Way down deep, under a couple of other layers of paint, is that black, black green paint color.

The one we plan to use for the shutters this time 'round.

It's called Charleston Green, and it gives a softer look than stark black.

So between the darkest of greens on the shutters, and the whitest of whites

on the clapboards and trim, we are returning That Old House to her old, possibly her original, colors.

I like that.

 I think she does, too.   She's been asking to be painted white ever since we bought her, the old scold.

A lady of her advanced age should always get her own way, don't you think?

Now. . . still mulling over colors for the front door (including the old wood storm door),

and thinking, "We should do something about that black wrought iron handrail on the steps."

It will never really end, will it?

I'll let you know when the painting fun begins!  And have a lovely weekend!
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