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My latest paint project ...
painted to match the house trim and hang over the entry door. 

brave

paint day

After painting the trim around my front door, 

I painted my hair.

paint week plus

Paint week was extended into a second week... 

and isn't finished yet...

It has been a multi-phase process. 

But let's begin at the beginning...

Phase One:

The need became apparent when we had a friend visiting recently whom needed a good sturdy lawn chair...I realized the mismatch of  folding lawn chairs I had didn't leave him much choice. Then I found a flyer in the mailbox advertising wooden Adirondack chairs. It seemed a good price and once Jay looked at several sights online he agreed. 

I took the pickup to town the next day to pick up a matching pair of chairs. Silly me, I could have taken the car as the chairs I wanted to purchase came neatly packed in a box along with the hardware and instructions I would need to put them together. 

Phase Two:

I started the primer outside in the shade but found the paint and heat were not a good combination. So the next day I moved the process inside the garage office area where the swamp cooler took the edge off the heat. All the individual pieces made for lots of back and forth, in and out. 

Phase Three:

Once all 62 pieces were primed it was time to make the big decision. I had been looking at painting ideas online (the trend recently is to paint Adirondack chairs bright, bold colors) pulling handfuls of color samples at the store and imagining in my minds eye, but I just wasn't sure. 

Then I remembered the color wheel my friend Becci had given me when we were scrapbooking together. It seemed just the thing to help with this decision. My problem, again, was the pale yellow of the house; a color to which I'm not the least attracted. In a previous post you may recall my brainstorm to paint the trim rather than the whole house (not that the trim is actually painted yet-but the idea is still there). With those two reference points the color wheel said I could use something from the orange family and create an analogous harmony. Orange; not a color I would have considered but I thought if I found something with a hit on red I might comfortable with the look. 

I decided that this time around I would only paint 31 pieces, in case I found I couldn't stomach the orange. 

Phase Four:

Two layers of orange, a day to dry and I was finally to the fun part....putting together my 3D puzzle. 

Between my spacial tendencies and the assistance of a power screwdriver I actually enjoyed this task.

 

Phase Five:

This is where you come in. Now we have one fully assembled, school house brick orange, sturdy Adirondack chair waiting for  you to come try it out.

you can get with this...

or you can get with that...


Before the piggy accident I was inspired to dig the pint of clearance paint from it's hiding place and try it on for size. I have never cared for the yellow paint that was both inside and outside of our house. Although I have successfully covered the majority of the indoor yellow I've been hesitant to tackle the job of painting a two story house. After considering the situation for a time I realized that part of my dislike was the dark brown trim with the pale yellow siding. It occurred to me that it would be easier to change the trim color and perhaps that would help me feel better about the yellow house and garage. I'm still not sure this is the color we will stick with but I can say I like the change and am feeling motivated, after my piggies are ready to climb a ladder, to tackle the rest of the trim.

paint brush prominade

Recently the anticipation of company inspired me to get out the paint and bursh and put a fresh coat of paint on our front door. I'm always surprised what a drastic improvement a little paint can make. The door was previously painted a pale yellow. The paint job was poor so at spots you could see through the brush strokes to the previous color.






Along with the dirty, shabby paint job the door was suffering from a screen that was showing signs of wear. I used a decorator's trick of drawing the eye away from the flaw you don't want people to notice. I stiched the "Welcome Friends" sign on the aging screen. Now when someone aproachs the door their eyes linger on the welcome sign and the screen goes unnoticed.


So...if you happen to be in the neighborhood know you are welcome....just don't look too closely at the screen.