Detailing a House

We have all heard the saying, "the devil is in the details".  Isn't it appropriate that the most detailed work on our cottage is painting our accents with the color Hot Tamale?  Wendy loves the color and it makes a wonderful accent color.  But oh, is it challenging to work with!

When we decided to repaint the front of the cottage, it meant there would be lots of painting the red accents.  Using artist's brushes, we painted the insides of the acorns which are cutouts in the rails.  We also painted specific rings on the porch posts.

But the most challenging was painting the tent post at the top of the cottage.  These design features are a reminder of when these were tents, not wooden cottages.  Our tent post is beautiful but very high and difficult to reach.  Barry painted the bottom portion from a ladder.  To paint the top half, he borrowed a long extension pole with a paint roller.

Our painting is finally done on the porches....this year!!