We're Those Neighbors...

One of our summer goals was to paint the stucco exterior of our house and possibly redo the exterior window trim in the process.  And yes, we do realize that summer is dwindling down to the nubbins... It really is unbelievable how time seems to slip away, isn't it?  The good news is that we've been able to spend quality time with friends and family, so even though the ole' to do list isn't exactly shrinking, we know our priorities are in order.  Unfortunately, that also means our neighbors are probably ready to strangle us...

Several weeks ago, we decided to remove the old wood shutters with plans to clean and paint them.  To our surprise, the underlying stucco was pink!

Our best guess is that when the house was last painted, they got lazy and just painted around the shutters.  Tsk tsk.  We weren't too worried about it, because we thought we would be painting later that week and covering those crazy colors up.  But as you know, house projects never seem to go quite as planned.  The good news is that we're hoping to get our house restuccoed, rather than just repainted.  More on that later.  We're also hoping to thicken the trim without actually removing it, which requires a bit of finagling and some outside help.  Again, more on that later.

For now, enjoy the view that our neighbors have been seeing for awhile now...

Most ghetto house on the street?  Check.