Finally these are posted…we’ve been waiting to share this project with all of you and can now show you what the results are.  A few weeks ago we were able to take off a whole ENTIRE week to focus on our home project.   WOOHOO!  But this time we wanted to tackle the exterior for a change…which our neighbors are probably thanking us for doing so.  You can also check out our interior remodel progress by clicking….HERE. Needless to say the ‘before’ exterior status of our home was an eyesore!!!  The outline from the old shutters next to the windows, the faded paint touch-up and the bubble-like blistering from the cracks were long lived.  But they are NO MORE!!!  Muhahahahahaha.  And we couldn’t be happier with the ‘after’ results.  Basically we wanted to remove all the exterior light blue paint on the block through a process called ‘sandblasting’. Don’t know what this is?  See SANDBLASTING 101 an informative piece by Bill Tonnesen & Baja Sandblasting (who we hired) that was posted on one of our favorite sites Modern Phoenix Neighborhood Network.

So restoring the look of the grey block was really really really important to us.  Not only would the look be FABULOUS but it would also be practically maintenance free (after we seal it).  No more peeling faded ugly paint!!!  Plus we are the ONLY ONE’S on our street and I believe whole neighborhood to not have the block painted.  Now we stand out more from the crowd of mid-1950′s homes.  Sweet.  To some of you the progress may look minimal in the photographs but it is substantial when viewing in person.

Our next step is to remove the lovely hummingbird door screens my mom installed when she owned the home for security and to replace the ‘original’ decayed wood door with a horizontal 5 lite solid core wood door we found @ Gerson’s salvage yard!  We’re going to sand it down, paint it a high gloss orange or lime green and order some modern sleek hardware!!!  We also need to replace all the fascia boards and re-putty the casement windows + paint until we are ready for brand new windows down the road.

Thanks for checking out our project and we hope to have many more updates throughout the year!  Eric is going to post renderings of the exterior so you all can get an idea of what we are envisioning…so look for it!

The entire house as a ‘before’ shot…