Scraping the Surface

When we originally sat down with our contractor, Eric, to go over who would handle different aspects of the project, Randy and I quickly signed on for all the paint work. We've painted entire interior and exteriors before, so we thought we had an idea of what we were getting ourselves into.

Let me take a second to remind you that our new house is 3,400 sqft. The exterior is 4 stories high and according to my best estimate, it has about 100,38o sqft of surface area, most of which is pitched at awkward angles. The process is slow-going, as we have to pressure wash, scrap, caulk, prime, and then paint.

At least there are some good views to be had while dangling from the eaves. The pictures below don't really do the view justice; we look out across an expanse of green (the Arboretum) toward the Cascade mountains in the East.