Yesterday the painters tackled the windows so the house doesn’t look dramatically different than it did in yesterdays’s photos. Soon, though, they’ll be working on the porch. We’ve been asked to specify the colors we’d like. After Sal did the porch floor last fall, I decided it was too yellow. I’d thought it would look more beige but it came out bright yellow. Oops. It’s not so bad. But since they’ll be painting everything we’ve decided to go back to a gray that’s not too blue (that was my issue with it the first time around).
We know we’d like the ceiling to be a sky blue and eventually we’ll replace or revamp the existing lantern. What I’m not sure about, though, is the door surround. Our current plan is to stick with white and eventually replace the metal doors (they’re in rough shape) with something different. For now, we may have them paint the metal door frames the same green as the double doors behind them.
A little part of me wants to request something different. We’re so used to seeing the house a certain way that I think we’re apprehensive to try something too different. But then I look at it and wonder what that different would be. We talked about maybe doing the whole door surround green, but I think the windows wouldn’t pop the same way they do with white and it would be just a big dark blob under the porch.
Any thoughts? Please ignore the mismatched wreaths and random placement of furniture. At some point I may add an outdoor rug and swings or wicker love seats, which would allow me to add more color with accessories as opposed to paint…
The back door surround is the best example of the Chumney House’s Federal architecture. Everything else is pretty Georgian but the arch is a nice Federal touch. It’s a shame that the woodwork is in poor condition, but the work retained inside the house kind of helps us see what the details around the fan would have looked like. If possible, one day we’d like to have a carpenter reproduce it.
If you can’t see what I’m referring to look just above the doors. See that triangle of reeded wood in that horizontal trim. It should continue all the way across.
The same goes for the back porch surround and porch features. We’re not really sure if we should change anything. There are no shutters on the back side of the house, so if we did paint the door surround green it would pop. But do we want it to?
