Some things move slower than others...

So.  Sometime in the fall of 2010, I wrote in this blot that I was thinking about--yea, even PLANNING to-- making the trim a soft gray blue instead of the white that was in such sharp contrast with the wood siding.

With my frequently lightning-like speed when it comes to things like this, I thought about it.  And thought about it.  And TALKED about it.  And meant to get AT it.  When our friend Don Dickerson was here painting the trim next door, I thought okay, this is IT.  Finally bought the paint.

Then Don got a different job in CT, so there he is, and there I was, and it was a perfect, glorious fall day and I felt pretty decent.  J's working next door, and here I was...

THE TIME IS NOW!

Simple little window first...yep, yep, I like it...

So then I got more stuff together and started the door...J. did the very top rail for me when he stopped over for a conjugal visit... but you can see the little green stool I used for a stepladder for the rest of the taller stuff.  I am SO short...

Oh yeah.  I like it.  A LOT.  It could have been a shade darker, but you know what?  Talk to me again in another three years!

Nice, yes?  Not such a contrast.  Softer...

And yeah, I wore out before getting to the multi-paned back window.  Manana.  Or next week.  Or when Don gets back...but NOT three years from now!

By the end of the day...

Joseph had the small door painted and the stained glass window repaired with glazing putty...can't wait to see them in place!


...and Mark had gotten most of the trim on the shed--except around the windows and doors of course, I think that comes almost last, till we move inside. (See that surprised little window? :-P )


Here you can see the red cedar trim around the rafters and on the corners. It helps seal the building's cracks; we'll stuff insulation in from the back/inside, too. (You can also see the bit of 2 x 4 that fills the gap where Mark had to cut the opening larger. Ah well...)


WOW, I love this effect--it reminds me of a Japanese tea house! I know the doors won't slide like that, but yum, it's going to be lovely. (And yep, this is before cutting down the doors to fit. But they're leaning against the eaves outside, not yet where they go...) Mark picked them up at an auction some time back, and they'd been hiding in his chicken house. Happily, they came with a good threshold, too.

Now then...paint them to match the other white trim, or do spar varnish to protect them from the weather and maintain the nice wood look...hmmmmmmmmmmmmm....more decisions!