Quick weekend makeover

Since we made our home in SE PDX back in 2003, the house has been in need of a paint job.

My Papa was good about painting a side of the house every year, but that had stopped happening a while ago, and things were starting to bubble, peel and crack. Years would come and go - and the job would be brought up and promptly shelved for lack of time or money. The roof and insulation upgrade were taken care of, but the exterior paint job lingered.

Well....this year we got it done.

With the help of my buddies Dave and Dan, we conquered the mountain of cleaning, sanding, recaulking and window taping that surrounds a singular house painting project. With about a week's worth of grunt work done, my Dad dropped in with his paint compressor unit and painted everything in about 5 hours. Our place on 72nd was built in the 40s - and has always been either white or cream color. In recent years, cream had been the trend, but our latest attempt returns it to white.

Dad stayed over Saturday (we went to see Eagle Eye that evening) and Sunday - until we finally had everything finished and cleaned up. All that's left is the trim, which is currently slated to be black - per Alexis' vision.

Next mission? The reclamation of the basement? You never know...