Ed Watkins and his hardy crew returned to the farmhouse today to paint the backside of the house and start work on the front. We’ve decided to remove all of the green shutters and just keep the farmhouse plain and simple and white, as they were when built. The green shutters were probably added in Victorian times, when they became fashionable, they were used to let in light and block the sun.

They aren’t used anymore, and we like the simple look of the plain farmhouse, so they’ll be going. The farmhouse was dry and a bit neglected, it is getting some love. If the weather is good, I imagine it will be done by the end of the week. Happy to have it done before the Open House in June.