Nora of the Blue House
May 1st, 2010 by clunis
We used Elysium Painters, a local company, and absolutely could not be more pleased with the work. Cesar invented the color for us and he and his team worked their tails off to make our dilapidated-looking old house look practically new again. I feel like I snuck out of Greenfield Village with a house in my coat (only fair, really, since Greenfield Village took Robert Frost’s House from our street). Here’s Nora posing in front of her blue house.
May 1st, 2010 at 11:16 pm
The house looks great and Nora is adorable as always.
May 1st, 2010 at 11:18 pm
thanks! we’re exceedingly pleased with the quality of the paint job. It doesn’t look like a new house, of course, but it looks a lot like the good folks at Greenfield Village have been caring for it.
May 2nd, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Did you already finish painting it by yourself? How many coats? That was fast!
May 2nd, 2010 at 9:16 pm
I’m normally a big DIY guy, Rob, but I don’t paint the exterior of this house. We hired a company who has turned out to be pretty amazing. The blue is 1 coat with 1 coat of primer underneath it. The white trim took 3 coats. The black door got 2.
May 2nd, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Nice! Is Nora pleased?
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:00 pm
yeah, I think she is, Ryan Leigh. When it was first finished she said, “they make me a blue house.” *pause* “I want a purple one.” but I think she likes it.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:32 am
What a transformation! This freshly painted house has a whole new personality and the color is very stylish. Thank you so much for the work and for sharing your positive experience. Let us know any time if you ever need any touching up or just want to say hi!
See you for the kitchen drywall repair soon. Happy spring,
-David Landau
Owner, Elysium Painting Company
August 14th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
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