Sorry for the lack of posts of recent, we’ve been on some trips and the weather has been up in the high sweaty nineties (mid-thirties to our European friends) or it’s been thunderstorms, plus some O+ festivals are on the horizon which can mean 7am to 11pm days for Aimee.
We have a few back posts and this is the first of a few.
On Aimee’s birthday, we had some friends around and we managed to open the front door at last. Well, when I mean open, powered by champagne, Aimee removed the door.
I have to say it’s is very pleasant on the deck. It is in a bad state but as my brother Ian pointed out all the flaking paint does add to the charm. I bet a lot of it is lead based so will have to be removed, be nice if we could replace it with paint that peels, but maybe that is just cheap paint.
The curved laminated beams for the porch roof are a very nice detail but I will talk about these in a latter post.
Guests were Giovanna, Derrick and Aimee’s brother Paul.
You can buy crinkle paint. If I remember correctly you put two coats on and one causes the top coat to crack like it’s aged. :o)
Ah yes, like on the dashboard of the old MG’s. Good idea, I wonder what colors it comes in.
Correction, I meant crackle paint. Google will show you some images, which probably resemble what you currently have.