One of the issues that Tucsonans have during this time of the year is the North American Monsoon. From roughly July 4 to mid-September (officially June 15 to September 30), short yet intense thunderstorms provide much of Southern Arizona's rain for the year. One can almost set a clock to the summer storms, as they hit nearly every afternoon in the Tucson area. If you have seen any desert southwest photo of a cactus with lightning, odds are that photo was taken during monsoon season. The problem is, they are extremely dangerous, and folks often get trapped in flash floods or lose power due to errant lightning strikes. Therefore, any outdoor work ends up slowing down. That's just how it is. In our previous post, we showed you the progress that we've done painting parts of the patio and guest suite. Ultimately, we needed to finish the backyard exterior doors before they were installed. With the nearly daily rains, properly priming and painting exterior doors is vital. Several of the exterior doors when we bought the house had not been properly primed or repainted, so the doors had rotted. And yes, some were mahogany. Oh well. We thought, since the pool bath door and kitchen door were both part of the patio that we could get away with painting them a different color than the guest suite and master bedroom doors. Nathan was obsessed with this lime green color. I figured it couldn't hurt, since it is just paint. I like the crazy pop of color. Surprisingly, it works.
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...can be endless. Since we are still waiting for a few things to be finished inside, Nathan and I decided to work on the exterior areas of the house. Since we closed one door to the guest suite, and changed a window to a door for the pool bath, we had to prime and repaint the exterior parts of the back of the house. Our contractor did an excellent job of matching the exterior fascia on the side of the house, but honestly, we were not too crazy about the matching color of the exterior anyway. So, we decided to try a new color under the patio area, since the color there was a little lighter anyway, and it was a good place to test a color. We were settled on the gray, but were not too sure on the door colors. We went with Dunn Edwards' Tarnished Silver, and so far we are pretty pleased with the color. With a pop of color on the doors. The darker color makes the adobe really stand out, which is part of why we decided to change the color. We are thinking about changing the roof fascia color as well. Thoughts?
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In October 2016, Nathan & Rachel bought a 1958 Tom Gist custom home in the Mid-Century filled Wilshire Heights neighborhood in Tucson, AZ. This is our blog documenting the restoration! Archives
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