Everytime I start a project, I imagine sharing it with you guys on this blog, like I see in other DIY blogs out there. But it hasn't happened yet.... until now!!! Thanks, Mo Jackson, for repeatedly asking me to show before and afters.
There's not many completed "afters", so most I show you will be some "before and during" pictures. Enjoy!
Here's some of the exterior of the house I did in October 2011:
Major Cracks in outer layer of foundation. You can see the cinder blocks behind it. Yeah, the guy who built this house was a Mason (of the brick-laying kind :)
Had to brush out the holes, then fill them with mortar cement.
Here you can see the left side painted after I patched the holes, and to the right of the door, I've patched a big hole, and it's ready to be painted.
The East side of our house had less holes in the cement, but more cracked paint, so I scraped with a putty knife, then with a wire brush.
Another angle.
Here you can see the color difference. See Honey? The house really did need to be painted. It was yellow for pete's sake! Now it blends a lot better with the color of the fake rock above.
Another angle.
And done! With lattice to cover up the window under the porch, since there was no way to make that bad boy look good. It belongs to the fruit room, anyways, and is boarded up from the inside. I planted a flowering vine (clematis) there to climb up the lattice... too bad I won't get to see it grow... :(
And the back of the house finally done. Ignore the mess. I had to hurry and take these pictures, it was going to snow the next day. And it did... about 4 inches... in October... :)
Well, by now my blogging time has expired (an hour ago), so I promise I'll post more pictures later... soon.
