There she is...

There she is... she's ALMOST done. We now know all about her very old siding, her multiple coats of paint, each little corner and her history of roofs. We spent most of our vacation painting our home and we're thrilled with the result. She still feels old and country, just more up-to-date and cleaner. 

All that's left are the two "lucarnes" (the windows inserted in the roof). We have some work to do on the structure and will have to wait a little bit longer before adding some color to them.

We also have to work on the windows, not the frames, the actual windows. Before the cold weather sets in, we'll scrape, caulk and paint all the windows of the house... there are quite a few.

And we'll also finish the roofing isolation from the back.

Alors, nous avons beaucoup de pain sur la planche avant de finir notre maison, mais comme Mr. Fox dit si bien, notre vieille maison a juste besoin d'un peu d'amour.

De l'amour, nous en avons et nous en donnons....

We'll take some evening photos soon and I'll post. The colour is drastically different.

Here's a pick of a new little visitor... a hare!

I'd love to read your comments.

What's on the menu for today ? A DAY OFF !!! I think we deserve it.

Ta ta for now.

Blue is Better

I think blue is better, for various things, such as the sky, lake water, a bunch of blueberries and our house !!!

Our version of Before And After Home Edition

Cream, beige and brown

White

Blue

Do you think Blue is Better ? Let me know.

Still lots to do, but we're getting there. Next post will include pics of flower boxes and other decorations !

Sorry, gotta go now, more painting to do !

An update

Well, I hadn't realized it'd been that long since my last post... 1 month !!! A lot has happened:

Firstly, I must say that our Internet connection isn't quite as optimal as it should be. It's very tedious to upload photos. I'll do my best to be more patient and let it do its thing...

The doggie grew quite a bit, she's now entering her "teenage" rebellion... this is a little bit frustrating for me, but hey, I'll live through it. Must remain patient and calm... but she's a real cutie !

 

Mr. Fox has been such a great sport in cleaning out the yucky attic (no photos here).

And our house is coming along. We're now on vacation and our main task is to paint the whole exterior of the house. Here are a few pics of the scaffolding and me scraping the windows.

As soon as we have some color on the walls, I'll post some new pics.

The garden has gone crazy, soooo many tomatoes are growing and the cucumbers are delish. We'll be eating home grown zucchini for a while too. I even tried a childhood dish with the flowers. The result: not like I remembered, but hey, I tried !

So that's it for now, I'll try to be more disciplined with posting. See ya soon !