Painting Our House Exterior White

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!

Honestly it turned out way better than we expected, the beautiful crisp white adds a touch of Palm Springs/Mediterranean feel to it, just exactly what I was looking for. We still have some finishing touches, the driveway to clean and paint, the gate to paint and there will be a significant modification coming soon so stay tuned.

Before

After

The house when we purchased it back in 2008.

Scott tested it out on the back of the house first on the weekend of 5th February 2022 using a paint sprayer.

The original brick colour.

It went on quicker and better than he thought so we will have to get everything prepared before we continue spraying.

He covered the and door to save the paint spraying on them.

The last bits of brown disappearing.

The creature from the Black Lagoon made an appearance 😅

Work commenced the weekend of 12th February 2022, where Scott masked the windows prior to spraying.

1st coat of paint on the side done.

2nd coat going on.

We couldn't get the front painted on Sunday 13th February as it was horrendously windy, but fortunately it was a holiday Monday 14th February due to Regatta day so Scott managed to get the front painted then

He started masking off the windows and the roof of the porch.

Half white, half brown

Last of the brown bricks at the front going.

2nd coat of painting going on after 2 hours.

19th February, the last of the exterior going white.

And just like that, we have a stunningly beautiful crisp white house and we have had several people stop to look and give admiring compliments, (in fact one neighbour said she would love her house painted white!) 💗

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