My New House

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My New House

Postby Colliemom » Sat Aug 20, 2016 3:33 pm

Some of you have been asking for pictures of my new house since I have been busy redoing the outside. Here are the latest. At the time I bought the house it had some flowering bushes growing in the front of the porch in need of trimming. I took them out and replaced them with Globe Yews, less maintenance other than maybe a shaping up every other year or so. The porch was in need of paint, the posts having blue strips in one spot as you can see and also blue rail tops. I repainted the porch rails and posts totally white. This is a picture of the porch before painting posts and rails.

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This is the after picture from the painting of the posts and rails, with the blue shutters and light grey window boxes that were on the house. The original color on the window boxes was blue to match the shutters but I changed them to white, decided that was not the color and then tried a light gray instead.

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In the end, I changed the color of the shutters to black to match the roof and also made the window boxes a darker shade of gray as well. This is the current picture as of now.

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This last one is taken from the far side of my yard looking toward the house with the garage and part of my front yard.

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Down the road, I will be planting some more bushes in front of the house and working on the landscaping. Want to put in a few flowers for some color along the side wall and by the side door landing.
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Re: My New House

Postby avalen » Sat Aug 20, 2016 3:36 pm

oh wow, thanks for the pictures, looks great, love those type of porches where you can sit and just watch stuff.
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Re: My New House

Postby Rufflesgurl » Sat Aug 20, 2016 4:01 pm

Sue, love the black shutters with the white porch. You did a great job. Looks like you have a lot of land??

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Re: My New House

Postby mtngal » Sat Aug 20, 2016 4:31 pm

Sweet house Sue!
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Re: My New House

Postby gypsyrose1126 » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:08 pm

Sue - Love the house and the setting is wonderful-- hope you enjoy it for many years to come.
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Re: My New House

Postby chalet05 » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:18 pm

Lovely home, Sue. You do good work!
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Re: My New House

Postby snowball » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:29 pm

looks really great....I'm sure you will totally enjoy it
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Re: My New House

Postby beazle » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:29 pm

So nice to see all the progress along the way. What a lovely setting!
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Re: My New House

Postby OregonLuvr » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:39 pm

Looks so peaceful, I would love sitting on your porch in the morning drinking my coffee. You do great work

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Re: My New House

Postby Liz » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:44 pm

Love your paint choices...looks great!
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Re: My New House

Postby Colliemom » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:54 pm

Linda, I have 3.39 acres here. As you can see there isn't a lot of grass mowing to do like my old house had. Besides that, gotta enjoy that nice lawn tractor I have ya know :lol: My porch is open to any and all anytime you are in MI and by this way. I love to sit out there myself. I have a deck on back too, but it's in the sun so not much fun back there. Like to be where I can watch the action when there is any.
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Re: My New House

Postby Colliemom » Sat Aug 20, 2016 6:02 pm

Actually I kind of have Eileen (Beazle) to thank for the color ideas, she's the one who suggested I try them when I was thinking of a new color scheme. This house used to be more of a gray shade but has faded to a light blue gray over the years.
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Re: My New House

Postby carold » Sat Aug 20, 2016 6:10 pm

Nice job, Sue. Looks very inviting, both the house and the surroundings. carold
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Re: My New House

Postby grammynmaggie » Sat Aug 20, 2016 7:19 pm

Very nice...you did a great job!
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Re: My New House

Postby Yakn1 » Sat Aug 20, 2016 7:48 pm

Very nice!
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