Garage Painted

I painted the trim in May then life happens and I did not get back to the garage until Sept. The new doors came and where installed so it was time to paint the garage. Per our usual we decided on a color after eliminating everything else in the blue grey family.

The winner was Behr Charcoal Blue from Home Depot in Satin finish! 

Mike and I removed any nails and screws that were randomly attached to the side. I moved all of yellow and black garden orb weaver's egg sacs to the trees in the woods to protect them. Mama orb weaver had moved on her own.

We then sanded 3 sides of the garage. 

Mike cleared and washed all the gutters. We wiped down the sides removing the dust from sanding and the years of dirt accumulation. We caulked the windows and door trim as well as boards that had gaps. Lastly Mike reattached bottom boards as needed.

Our neighbor loaned us their 20 ft extension ladder so we, by we I mean Mike, could do the peaks.

I believe that the darker color was the original color of the house but faded to the light blue. Hours later the front was done. This is the way we purchased the property a year and a half ago.

This is today!

While Mike was working on the peak of the front I was working on the side facing the house.

Last Winter

Today!

While Mike worked on the back peak I did the side facing away from the house. 

Did I mention that last Winter we removed 3 feet of English Ivy that had grown up the backside of the garage? It covered these propane tanks! It was careful work removing it all. You can see the bottom tendrils that look like branches still stuck to the house. The following day we sanded and washed this section. Then finished painting it. We had borrowed a ladder from our neighbors so we were on a short deadline to do the top parts so we could return the ladder in their time window of lending it.

We also took down a 150+ year old Oak tree that was rotted in the trunk and was getting ready to fall.

The base was 5 feet in diameter. 

If you give a mouse a paintbrush they will....

...want to paint the dilapidated shed that we plan to tear down and rebuild at some point. We painted trim, door, painted garage door, painted walls, and cleaned roof! As well as cleared all the trees growing inside and on it. 

Last Winter

Today! 

Still needs fixing but looks better while we decide what we will do.

Projects keep piling up it seems we cross 1 off the To Do List and 5 more appear!!