Curb Appeal 101 - Phase 1

Finally I have the chance to get something done that I have been waiting to do for the past 5 years... I needed some curb appeal badly at my house...

I was way too cheap to spend the money on wood so it went on the "want list" and this summer it was destine to happen. I found the spindles as you may remember at a garage sale... one that we just happened to find as we made a wrong turn... $10.00 for the pile,  I knew immediately what they were going to be used for.

My friend called me one day and asked if I would like these... she knows I am cheap  a junker... well they just happen to be the same size and between the two of them, I had enough to do what I have dreamed about for so long. 

 

I cut all of these on the OB...I then cut a 35 degree angle on all the ends... all 46 of them.

Enter the `Blue Beast``now this is a sander on steriods... this finally made it`s debut... it has been hiding in the box for the past couple of years... why did it take me so long to use this, it literally cut my sanding time in half...

I then painted them with a Khaki oil paint that I just happened to have an unopened can of... did you know you can`t cheat drying oil paint with a hair dryer... I had to do it the snail way and wait for it to dry the old fashioned way.

                                 

This is the boring front of my house... my living room is above the garage... this was an add on at one time to the existing house... not much thought went into the outside at the time of this addition... they made it work inside but forgot to consider the outside.  This was done long before I bought the house... I had a vision and now it is finally a reality...

this is the first area to be dressed up...

there's my modest friend Jason tweaking something... I couldn't have done this without him.

started with the brackets bolted to the steel frame... Jason welded the bolts right to the frame rather than having to drill into the brick...

the outer pieces are just a facade to hide the nut and bolt...

bolted to the steel frame...

dry run with the slats...

all secured... I am loving it

 my house will fall down before this will... I haven't played with it yet... I want to dress it up a bit... picture this with a nice vine growing on it next year... it really breaks up the height of the wall... 

sorry for the terrible pics I was running out of light...

side view...

  it is a start... I have big plans to finish this front off... hopefully I can get it done soon... the weather has been so hot to work this summer... I can't wait for fall...

 

Slowly things are getting done, one step at a time... next job on the list is to make new shutters for all the windows... replace the front lights and somehow darken that crack repair in the brick... along with a few other tricks up my sleeve too.

Hope you are all having a great day... stay cool.

Hugs,

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