over the past two months, we've been slowly taking off the siding.
you can see the siding to the left of the window (painted yellow) and the wood shingles to the right (dingy gray). (we have a new roof going on, yay! hence the plywood on top.)
we feel like the house can breathe again! i love the look of the wood shingles.
for months, i've wondered what would be revealed on the front upper portion (OK - I know this has a name, but for the life of me I have no idea what it is called - help!). I was hoping, hoping, hoping it would have those sweet victorian scallops underneath and ...
yes!!! thrilling!!! I was dancing on the sidewalk when I saw what was underneath. hooray!!! we are so pleased with the general good shape of all the original shingles. i loved reading the siding adventures of an urban cottage. he gives me hope that we'll get our shingles scraped, puttied, and painted in a reasonable amount of time.
