Two Down Four To Go

I think I mentioned the other day that I only had three of these brackets (or are they corbels) left after this one. There are, in fact, 4 more to go. The first corner I did was missing one of the brackets because of the addition, so I was only counting one on the opposite corner. In reality, I have two bay corners left, each with 2 brackets. It doesn’t sound like much, but they are time consuming.



I spent nearly 4 hours today painting this corner. I had the bracket, all the window trim, the sunburst over the window, and the trim (along with another sunburst) on the top-outside section of the porch. I was able to get 2 coats on everything and it was very slow going. One of the biggest obstacles was just getting up in there.

I own 4 ladders and I had to go borrow one from a friend because all of mine were either too short or too long. Even with the right ladder is was hard. I practically had to be a contortionist to get my body up in there and paint all the detail.



But it was worth it. Finally, now that I'm not taking shots in the direct sun, you can really see a nice contrast between the Clary Sage and the Livable Green. Now I really need to get the other side done to balance out the front of the house.