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Month: October 2001

18Oct/01

Main House Exterior – North Side – Upper Detail Painting

October 18, 2001Main House Exterior, Northjeff

Adding the detail.  We chose a darker color of purple to replace the lighter shade the previous owners used. Left side, completed. Close up of the detail.

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07Oct/01

Main House Exterior – North Side – Upper Paint

October 7, 2001Main House Exterior, Northjeff

Our original plan was to keep the same blue/cream/purple color combination that the previous owners had chosen.  But, after some thought, we decided we weren’t completely happy with that choice of colors

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06Oct/01

Servant Quarters Roof – Before

October 6, 2001Servant Quarters Roofjeff

When we bought the house, the servant’s quarters/summer kitchen roof was covered in the same light grey/white asphalt roll roofing material as the breezeway roof. It also was full of cracks and

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06Oct/01

Breezeway Roof – Before

October 6, 2001Breezeway Roofjeff

When we bought the house, the breezeway roof was in pretty bad shape.  The roofing material was a light grey/white asphalt roll roofing. It was full of cracks and holes, so whenever

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06Oct/01

Main House Exterior – North Side – Upper Primer

October 6, 2001Main House Exterior, Northjeff

With winter quickly approaching, we decided to go ahead and at least get some primer on the exposed wood.  After a quick scrape job, the primer was applied.

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06Oct/01

Main House Exterior – North Side – Upper Before

October 6, 2001Main House Exterior, Northjeff

When the previous owners painted the house in the blue/cream/purple color scheme, they only painted what you could see from the street.  So, the upper part of the back and any area

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