The siding project is beginning. 

A neighbor stopped by and expressed sadness that we were removing the old siding. We would love to just have it scraped and painted but after many years of neglect, unfortunately, it is shot. There is water running down the walls on the inside and it is damaging the plaster in several rooms. When it rains out, it rains in our parlor.  Time to start anew. 

We are going with Hardi-plank, which is a cement fiberboard warranted for 50 years. It comes preprinted and we chose the closest color they had to what is there now – Boothbay Blue. 

The stripping is just beginning. 

Oh and we removed the “dog house” – the portico that was covering the beautiful front door entrance. It looks so much nicer without it!