were blue.
Not navy blue or light blue but bright blue.
In November I had splashed a bit of red paint on the doors to see if I was going to like them red. I did like them red, however at the time I wasn’t able to find my electric sander. A few weeks ago I gave in and bought a new set of sanders knowing that was all it would take for my old sander to show up. Sure enough, a few days later, I came across the elusive sander, stuffed in a Wal-Mart bag sitting on the gardening shelf in the garage. NY said I should keep the new sanders because they both came equipped with little exhaust bags. Yippee! So…last weekend, after 6 months of the front doors looking like something out of the book of Exodus in the Bible, I finally painted the doors.
I decided I didn’t like this red. It’s too orange and from the street it looked a bit like we had redwood doors.
Thinking the color would improve, I gave the doors two more coats before I decided to try another color red.
How hard could it be?
Red is red isn’t it?!?
After looking at red paint samples for almost an hour…I came home with English Red by Valspar. I wasn’t familiar with Valspar but I decided I do like the color and I love the finished product.
While I was painting, NY was diligently distributing wood chips throughout our garden and planters. He has been working at tending our yard and it’s really paid off. The lawn is beautiful and lush (Which makes the gardener happy) and the wood chips are keeping the weeds at bay.
It was a good weekend that was truly productive and will have lasting results.
Rebecca says
I love your green grass and garden. I live in a desert in Arizona and I so long for green.
Thanks fro sharing the photo.
Rebecca
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Beverly says
All of that hard work has produced beautiful results – both on the doors and the lawn. Thanks for sharing the pictures.