A day of decisions—Linda and I sign off colors for the Andersen windows—which required making a decision about house color.    A few weeks ago, I had painted large samples of three colors on all four sides of the house.

Linda and I notify Marc and Caleb that we want “Magnetic Grey” (on the right)—a Sherwin Williams light grey with hints of blue and green depending on the light.  I’ve seen too many houses in the Twin Cities that are painted grey in heavier tones.

Then back to current reality.  There are fourteen doors in all, and I can run three at a time through staining and topcoating—it takes more than a week, given that two sides have to be done in sequence.

In a daring move, I manoeuvre around the doors to start in on a load for the rack: the
cornices, friezes and other pieces of the window and door framing.  This signals progress, but my mood is dominated by the 20 or so ruined casements—what to do?