Well, I'm sure that it has been evident that I have not been posting as many paintings as usual on this blog and yes, there is a reason for this. I have not been lazy watching
tv all day or hanging around the house eating all day- I have been trying to convert a
dilapidated old house into a studio. This poor old house came with some farmland my husband purchased and he does not like to deal with renters. This house had been sitting vacant for two years and I had flirted with the idea of the conversion last summer but chickened out as I knew full well how much work it would take. The lawn was gone and the trees are dying - don't know if I can save them. The green you see in the picture are the weeds coming up-- the brown spot is the grass.
Well, Thank God for my parents! They like to renovate and wanted to help-- first we painted the outside. I decided to keep it white to integrate with the white barn behind it- I decided to paint trim a sage green and add red shutters to pop a little- next will be pictures of work in progress.
I decided to take the safe route and paint the house white- first of all I knew that it wouldn't be as hard to cover in that color as it was originally a slight dirty white color and I also wanted to keep it white to match the white barn sitting directly behind it. I found a color called stratton blue which was really kind of a sage green for the trim and then we started the shutters. I decided that board and batten shutters would be perfect for the farmy feel of the house and thought the house could use some punch so we painted them red. These are pics of stages along the way. 
