Scenes from the Weekend: We Painted Our Entryway!

5/4/2015

We had a BEAUTIFUL weekend here on Cape Cod! And wouldn't you know it, we decided to take advantage of the sunshine and warmer weather, and get to work on an outdoor project that has been killing us ever since we moved in--our entryway.

When we first bought our house, the only visible outdoor paint colors were white and brick red (more "before" pics below). We both hated the brick red and felt that it made our house look much more old-fashioned than necessary, so were eager to paint it ASAP. But alas, you can't paint outside when it's cold, so we had to wait...and wait...and wait....until now!

As you'll see, we decided to paint our entryway a light grey (which turned out much bluer that we'd expected, but that's okay because we still like it a lot), and it's amazing what a difference it makes in how the house looks.

You can view some snapshots of the process + our slowly emerging outdoor spaces below.

{Oh, and beeteedubs, we've still got TONS of work to do on the yard, garden, curb appeal, shutters + door, etc., so please don't judge our current state of affairs! It's a work in progress...}

Above: Ben waters our very first bush! First thing we've ever planted in our yard--a birthday gift from his mom :) Our yard needs some serious TLC, but we're going to just watch what comes up this summer and tackle that project next year.

Below: We grilled out on our new porch (with our new porch set) last night, and although it got a little chilly, we were so happy to be sipping vino and enjoying this new space. Lots more love, flowers, furniture (and some strand globe lights?) coming to our back porch soon... ;)

Hope your weekend was dreamy, too! Here's to longer days, DIY weekends, and slow + steady transformations :)

Oh, and lets keep it real: Not pictured or captured? Our *utter* exhaustion, the time that I yelled at Ben for tracking paint into the house, and all of the things we didn't get done inside the house over the weekend (think: laundry piles everywhere). I crawled into bed at 8:45 last night and was probably asleep at 8:47. #homeownership

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Alanna

5/3/2015 11:34:49 pm

Wow! Awesome work, MC! Your house looks so much more like your and Ben's place with the new paint job! Tres cute. ;)

Mary Catherine

5/4/2015 07:55:46 am

Awww, thanks so much, Alanna! Slowly but surely...now we just need to figure out what color to paint the doors! I'm thinking a bright reddish-pink ;) xoxo

Jeanette link

5/3/2015 11:44:21 pm

I love when a minor change makes such a big difference. Although I did like the red ;) I'm loving these before/after pics.

5/4/2015 07:56:22 am

Thanks, Jeanette! I know, it does look a little boring right now, but we'll add some fun new pops of color soon, and I think it will be WAY better than the red ;)

xoxo!

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