There Goes The Neighborhood

Chez Perils has been getting a much-needed paint job this week. They’re just about finished. I’m really liking how the colors are working out. It’s so bizarre how different they look in the wild than they do on the sample chips. We had them get several samples and paint them on the shingles in order to really fix the hue.


The trim areas that are green in the photo have been dark brown in the past, and I’ve been thinking the whole place looked sort of drab. I’m really happy with the green accents.



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And, just for kicks, here’s how the place looked in 1981 when, after living in it for 5 years, we did a major remodel: