House is coming along

WE LOVE OUR NEW HOUSE!

Here are some pics. It's 114 years old and well maintained. It's so cozy and so much what we wanted. We are very happy with our Victorian!

See what you think.

BEFORE: (and this is after we painted the picket fence white. It was the dreary "battleship gray" that matched the house. YUCK.

Note the boarded up 3rd floor window. There's another one on the other side. I'm not sure how they lived with it like this for over 20 years!!!

While repairing the cement-board siding, look what we found!!

We were THRILLED to see some original Victorian trim in almost pristine condition, protected by the siding! Talk about an exciting day!

And then we found more in the second peak! That's my brave husband up there. TALK ABOUT SCARY!

And now - after some paint and windows on the 3rd floor, we're looking like this:

We're not quite finished with the painting and I've got two shutters to hang on the main floor (you can see them on the porch), but I think it's pretty much night and day from where it was. What do you think?