A Facelift for a Centurian

Our house turns 100 this year. And thanks to peeling paint and old clapboard siding that, in some places, had aged beyond repair, it has looked its age for quite some time.

These past couple of years, we've sunk some cash into it and done some beautification (not to mention some practical things, too). A new living room ceiling. New windows. New furnace and its first A/C system. Major front porch foundation repairs. Grounded electrical and modern outlets. Updated light fixtures on the second floor. And the grandaddy of it all -- new siding.

It was time. And after getting several hefty painting quotes from reputable painters who pointed out that the wood was so old that paint wouldn't hold for much more than 5-6 years, we decided to look into siding. And it didn't cost as much as we thought it would

They finished yesterday, and we're pleased. Of course, being the picky person that I am, I might have changed a few things in the choices I made now that I see it on the house (aka adding a LITTLE more red...not much, but a little), but all in all, it looks great...no more skanky paint.

And...my biggest fear about installing siding didn't come true -- the house still has character.