Painting the cabin

We got the ENTIRE outside of the cabin painted, and both decks!  We got $ 1.00-a-gallon paint– really good stuff from Sherwin–Williams– but couldn’t pick the colors– so now the cabin is a cream color with driftwood color trim and decks. We powerwashed the dirt and old paint off on Sunday when we got there with Addison’s family and Landon…and prayed it would dry by the next day.  There was old paint flying everywhere.  Addison was a mess!    Then on Monday we painted ALL DAY.  It was a ton of work.  We took up our 22-foot extension ladder and a paint sprayer, and we were happy that Wayne and Addison would climb to the top or hang out of an upper window with a long extension painting roller to get it all done– I couldn’t watch.  It was to crazy for me.  I remember decades ago when we painted the cabin and Steve Shurtz hanging out of an upper window to paint the high eave and Jane saying, “Stupid, stupid, stupid.”  I understand that sentiment now.

   We had Landon, me, Bre, Alfie, Poppy, and George paint the decks, and it was kind of a mess with a 4-year-old painting..but we couldn’t keep George away. Alfie rolled on the second coat of paint on the back of the cabin with a 26-foot extension pole that Wayne got as well.   Landon filled all holes in the roof with roofing tar to seal those up.. So the cabin and the two sheds should be good paint-wise for a couple more years.  Our big goal is to take the deck off and put a new one on that wraps around to the front door. It was good to be up there.  It’s such an amazing view sitting on the deck and watching the quakies….very peaceful.  

What we really like up there is Wayne’s solar-powered battery to run the lights in the cabin instead of the NOISY generator.   Then it really is peaceful.