Revising the List

So the infamous list is being worked on and revised.  Here it is as of last week.

Glue in curtains
Roof
Trim (bedroom ceiling and outer walls)
Gutters & downspouts (paint and age first)
Add flowerbeds & vines.
Wire living room lamp to battery in table.
Finalize furniture arrangement
Add all accessories & stick them down as needed.

My time off work started on Friday and I got right to work.  The downspouts were the first thing, along with my little mystery project.  Then I added the downspout holders.  I used chalk paint on both, and then sanded off some of the white top coat to age them.  Same colors as the aging on the gutters and the rest of the house, just a different method.  I don't want the whole house to look crackled, just old and beat up.

The downspouts started out square and I used my dremmel on the corners to sand them down so they were vaguely oval shaped.  The braces are cardboard, bent into the right shape and coated with white glue and water to keep them stiff.  I used head pins for the screws and cut off the ends then painted everything with the chalk paint, the same as the downspouts.

Obviously the mystery project was a little roof for the side doors.  When it rains as often as it does in LA and TX winters there are very few old houses that don't have some sort of overhang/awning or roof over the doors.  I used the same crown molding as I did on the balcony and aged it with the crackle finish.  The braces had to be of a different style since the roof is angled downwards.  I got some strip wood, quarter rounds and the scallop trim I used for the detail over the balcony and glued it together until it was a bit more built up. 

I also wanted to get the utility meters onto the side of the house along with the hose and faucet.  And as you can see my back steps are done.  They're removable right now because as I turn the house back and forth I don't want them to snag on anything and break.

The pipes for the utilities don't quite hit the ground because I'm planning on a flowerbed below them.  I wanted them to look a little beat up so I didn't paint them or anything.

Anyone who's lived down near the Gulf is familiar with the way mold/moss/kudzu can grow on darn near anything.  Even tin roofs can end up with a greenish tinge if they haven't been scoured clean by driving rain.  (Sometimes even then.)  So I dabbed glue onto the roof and began to add some green fuzz to the roof.

I've got plans to get a harder brush or some coarse sandpaper and take a bit more off.  Right now its a little too green for me.

I also got some house numbers up next to the front door.  They were not the easiest to glue, or to get in focus with my camera.  A photographer I'm not.

I'm also working on a table for the balcony for the mint juleps to sit on.

I'm kinda excited about this.  I might make more than one if it goes well.

So the list is revised...but not by much.

Glue in curtains
Roof
Age Roof
Trim (bedroom ceiling and outer walls)
Gutters & downspouts (paint and age first)
Eaves & Age Eaves
Roof of back door
Light for back door
Add flowerbeds & vines.
Wire living room lamp to battery in table.
Finalize furniture arrangement
Add all accessories & stick them down as needed.