I’ve been saying I was going to take a day off to paint all summer and finally the weather was nice, someone else was here so I felt safe working up on a ladder and it all worked out.  So I took today off of work and got some painting done.

Maribeth has continued her work on the porch all week.  She got the soffit and posts of the porch all prepped all the way around, all primed and the inside painted too.  We hope to finish it up ourselves this weekend, putting the bathroom on hold just long enough to finish this one project.

For my day off I decided to tackle the front peak.  The prep work took most of the day, stripping paint, sanding, scraping, filling holes, caulking etc.  This window I’m repairing in place so I got it stripped and removed the cracked glazing.

Prep work done

The other side

After that I took a late lunch and then went up to prime.  I got everything primed in time to make it over to Alex’s school for her Fall Festival where she got to touch rabbits, chickens and a goat.  🙂

And primed (need to buy glazing still so the window isn’t done).

The other side.

The forecast calls for a dry weekend so I’m hoping to get this peak finished up completely (including the window??) and the porch done.  It would be a good stopping place before winter on the outside if we don’t have more time (not giving up but being realistic).