August 2010, Tory finished painting our house on Gosnold Avenue. With every passing day, I love this color more and more, and that’s a good thing because this was an enormous project. We used 40 gallons of paint and primer (field and trim) and we chose Sherwin Williams Duration ($50 a gallon, 25 year warranty).

My 1925 Colonial Revival looks stunning in pink. Black shutters will soon arrive (or so I hope), which will create the perfect complement for this old house. Pink field, white trim, black shutters = the prettiest house in all of Norfolk.

My daughter says it looks like strawberry ice cream. My other daughter says it looks like a sheet cake. I think it looks perfect.

To read, “Pink House, part ii,” click here.

Pretty in pink

Side view

The process

The back looked worse than the front. It's likely the front had been repainted, but the rear had not.

Close-up of dirty eaves

Little House