{"id":16184,"date":"2016-07-15T16:06:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T16:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=16184"},"modified":"2016-07-15T16:06:20","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T16:06:20","slug":"finishing-the-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=16184","title":{"rendered":"Finishing the front"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I gave our front wall a second coat of white paint. Then between us we painted in the red with me doing the edges with a small brush and my husband speeding the job on with a big brush.<\/p>\n<p>Our neighbours fitted a new fence yesterday to the front drive which makes everything look even better.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16201\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16201\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16201\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16201\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/new_fence.jpg\" alt=\"New fence panels beside our new path\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/new_fence.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/new_fence-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/new_fence-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New fence panels beside our new path<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16202\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16202\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16202\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16202\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16202\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/new_fence_looking_up_the_path.jpg\" alt=\"New fence panels looking up the path\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/new_fence_looking_up_the_path.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/new_fence_looking_up_the_path-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/new_fence_looking_up_the_path-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New fence panels looking up the path<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16203\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16203\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16203\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16203\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16203\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the_wall_before.jpg\" alt=\"The front wall before we had the new path\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the_wall_before.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the_wall_before-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the_wall_before-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The front wall before we had the new path<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16204\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16204\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16204\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16204\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16204\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the_red_wall_with_new_bricks_and_clean_gravel.jpg\" alt=\"The wall with the new grey engineering bricks on top and the gravel after my husband cleaned it up\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the_red_wall_with_new_bricks_and_clean_gravel.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the_red_wall_with_new_bricks_and_clean_gravel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/the_red_wall_with_new_bricks_and_clean_gravel-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wall with the new grey engineering bricks on top and the gravel after my husband cleaned it up<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16213\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16213\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16213\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16213\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/first_coat.jpg\" alt=\"First coat\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/first_coat.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/first_coat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/first_coat-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I have given the wall it&#8217;s first coat of white paint<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16207\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16207\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16207\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16207\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16207\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/we-have_replaced_the_shingle_with_plumb_coloured_slate.jpg\" alt=\"We have replaced the shingle in the wall with plumb coloured slate\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/we-have_replaced_the_shingle_with_plumb_coloured_slate.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/we-have_replaced_the_shingle_with_plumb_coloured_slate-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/we-have_replaced_the_shingle_with_plumb_coloured_slate-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We have replaced the shingle in the wall with plumb coloured slate<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16208\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16208\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16208\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16208\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/second_coat_of_white_paint.jpg\" alt=\"I have given the wall it's second coat of paint\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/second_coat_of_white_paint.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/second_coat_of_white_paint-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/second_coat_of_white_paint-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I have given the wall it&#8217;s second coat of paint<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16209\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16209\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16209\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16209\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16209\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/finished_job.jpg\" alt=\"The finished job\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/finished_job.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/finished_job-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/finished_job-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The finished job<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We have painted the side bits red again. It&#8217;s a bit bright but it will mellow down. I think the wall is much better painted white to match the house and the slate goes well with the grey bricks and stones at the edge of the path.<\/p>\n<p>At last all the work is finished. This has really brightened up the front and we are really pleased with the result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I gave our front wall a second coat of white paint. 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