Over the weekend my WHOLE family (all the kids, grandkids, and some extras) got together to re-paint my parents house and sand and re-stain their deck. It took longer than we thought. We put in a lot of back-breaking manual labor all through Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
This is the before picture. The house was painted white with green trim over 20 years ago. It was in dire need of a make-over. All the kids decided to get together and redo the house for Mother's Day/Father's Day.
First Conrad power-washed the whole house and we taped off all the windows and covered the bushes. That took most of the morning.
Mike and Kevin were able to borrow a scissor lift to reach the high places. We started painting Saturday by about noon and finished that evening with the tan color. The whole time it threatened to rain. We did get a few sprinkles but managed to stave off the storm.
Since the house had not been painted for a long time we had to prime everywhere the paint was chipping off. In the end it looks a lot better but could still use another coat.
Sunday we painted all the trim black and started sanding down the deck. This proved to take longer than planned. We ended up finishing the sanding on Monday and left Mike and Kevin to stain it after it dried from the rain storm we received that day. I think we've all decided that next year we will just buy them a gift:)
This is the before picture. The house was painted white with green trim over 20 years ago. It was in dire need of a make-over. All the kids decided to get together and redo the house for Mother's Day/Father's Day.
First Conrad power-washed the whole house and we taped off all the windows and covered the bushes. That took most of the morning.
Mike and Kevin were able to borrow a scissor lift to reach the high places. We started painting Saturday by about noon and finished that evening with the tan color. The whole time it threatened to rain. We did get a few sprinkles but managed to stave off the storm.
Since the house had not been painted for a long time we had to prime everywhere the paint was chipping off. In the end it looks a lot better but could still use another coat. 
Sunday we painted all the trim black and started sanding down the deck. This proved to take longer than planned. We ended up finishing the sanding on Monday and left Mike and Kevin to stain it after it dried from the rain storm we received that day. I think we've all decided that next year we will just buy them a gift:)
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