House painting update! (part 2)

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My hubby recently finished painting the outside of our house! We are really pleased with it. It took about 6 weeks, of us (mostly him) working on Saturday, or his day off. Sometimes he worked a little on Sunday afternoons too. 

Here are the rest of the pictures... enjoy!

Some pictures of my dear hubby hard at work...

I helped tape and paint the detail on our posts...

They turned out so nicely! Extra thanks to my youngest brother who gave us lots of tips and tricks... he is a journeyman painter and so helpful!

This front window trim was painted twice... we didn't like the first color, it was too light...

Painting the posts...

This was an extra thing... we got new lights for the front, side, and back of the house. And when your hubby tells you that the new ones are very similar to what you already have... you should believe him! (Because I didn't!)

I even got ONTO the roof and helped my hubby paint the upper trim brown... I'd never been up there before!

Hitting the high parts with a pole from my sister-in-law... it worked great! Our teenage son even got onto the roof and helped paint some of that upper trim... but he didn't like laying down up there!

Since we had to take our house numbers down, we decided to replace them. I had seen some neat ways to make numbers stand out against brick, using a board and making a little planter. My hubby put it all together one afternoon, and I painted it. I love it! It matches our house so nicely. The numbers were from Lowe's, but we had to special order the 1 since it was never in stock!

The end results... this is the back...

...the side... (I don't know why it looks dirty!)

The other side...which was harder because of all of the boxes, lines, and the carport! We also had some minor handyman work done, one part which was to replace some boards on the fireplace outside...it turned out great! We also replaced some high fascia in the back and caulked the gutters. Our handyman even took the gutters down so we could paint under them!

...and the front... ta-da! We did not paint the garage door.

I'm so glad that my hubby was able to paint it all! It looks wonderful! I'm glad we won't be painting like that again for many years!

Now my awesome hubby can get back to his other hobbies of making kombucha, roasting garlic, and maybe even roasting coffee again!

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,  because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.  For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.  Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.  For we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.