Siding

I'm waiting for the siding guys to get here.  One guy showed up yesterday, took some siding off the side of the garage, and then left.  I'm hoping for a little more progress today.

We had no intention of changing the way our house looked.  It's white with black shutters.  I've always liked it, to be honest.  But then we found out we have hail damage, and our roof was in bad shape.  Thanks to State Farm, everything is covered.  If we were getting new siding, then why not change it.  Right?

I had a designer woman come out to help me with colors.  We have orange-ish brick that I wanted to make sure looked nice with whatever color we chose.  I told her I had always liked it white, but wanted to know what my options were as far as something new.  Her response was rather untactful, "You've liked it white?  White is sooo BORING!"  

I was in a flurry of colors and color combinations and holding little paint chips up to the brick to see how it looked.  This is the kind of thing I can get really into.  I like change.  I like decorating.  But now that the time has come to actually start the work, I'm nervous.  What if it doesn't look the way I've imagined it looking?

Our roof was done a few weeks ago.  We had had a black roof, but the new one has a little more depth to it.  There's a tiny bit of orange, grey and some charcoal.  They laid it like shakes, and it looks beautiful.  Who knew I could get so excited about a roof!  So, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I will be just as pleasantly surprised with the new siding. 

"Before"

 

I've already taken the lower shutters off and painted them.  And you can get a sneak peek at the new color if you look above the downstairs windown.  You'll know if I like the new look when I post (or don't post) a picture of the "after."