We have been working hard on getting the outside of our house looking a bit better. It has been a long time since we have painted the trim and it was peeling off. Plus I was ready for a change. The trim has been red for 10 years! I painted one window last year to test the brown color and see if we liked it. After living with it for awhile we decided to paint all the trim this dark brown. We also recently got a new roof! The trim was painted and we had a new roof and all of a sudden it was painfully obvious that our shutters and window boxes needed a refresh.
We have wanted to build another window box so the house was more balanced. I built the first one forever ago out of 1x6 boards and some trim. Shane built the second one while I was sick in bed with pneumonia last week. Now that I am feeling better, I was ready to paint them a fun new color! Bye, bye brown and hello BLUE!
Painting anything with trim is a pain with a brush. The first time I painted the first window box I tried it with a brush and it took forever! Spraying is the only way to go! I love my small and mighty Finish Max!
To secure the boxes to the window area, I use these hooks and eyes.
I am so happy with how the blue window boxes look all filed with flowers!
Our little cottage looks all dressed up for summer. I just need to get some planters on the porch and we are good to go. Better late than never :)
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This post was sponsored by HomeRight but all projects, ideas, and opinions are 100% my own.
My yard needs lots of work - weeds need to be pulled and bushes and trees trimmed. This does not sound like fun in the summer heat!!
Need this for many projects!
I love the blue!
I would love a sprayer to be able to easily paint the dresser and armoire in my master bedroom. The project keeps getting pushed off since they are huge pieces & are filled with all of my clothes. It just seems so daunting.
I'd love to paint some furniture inside and out! My coffee table and picnic table need a refresh.
We will actually be building shutters and *maybe* was window box this summer! I am so anxious to get it done. I LOVE how your window boxes turned out...and the blue ?
I am getting my house ready to paint. I sure could use this. I paint everything!
I have a double Adirondack chair that was given to me that needs to be sanded and painted so it can look all pretty again! :)
The window boxes look so pretty. I love adding a little color and pretty flowers are always perfect anywhere.
Love how the window box turned out and great choice of color! On my list, paint some patio furniture, yard work, paint and replace lock on front door.
Still on list we just started last week are ...paint son's room, tile kitchen, try our hand at putting floor in laundry room and always never ending yard work.
The window boxes look great and I love the blue color.
I just finished the last of 4 patio chairs I built for our covered patio. I have 2 slatted benches to build. I would also like to paint my kitchen cabinets. We shall see!
Love how the box turned out. I do have painting on my to do list which includes some picture frames, stools and two doors. I also have some planter projects for herbs that I should get started on.
Love the color of the window box. It adds such a pop! Painting is most definitely on that list of things to do. To be honest, I have a list that never ends...we just mark something off and add something new..hahahhaha . Towards the top is yard work and building a lemonade stand for my daughter.
Love the blue window boxes. Looks great with the brown trim.
Our little brick house needs some pretty blue window boxes, too. Would love to win the paint sprayer.
Our home needs an update in every room so lots of projects to do.
At my age (62) I need all the help I can get, We need to paint the doors (outside and inside), shutters, deck, porch. So this would be a great help.
I can’t wait to get my furniture and the many other house projects painted over the summer. The window boxes look great!
Love the blue window boxes, great pop of color!
My main goal this summer is to have fun and spend intentional time with my 6 kiddos! There are so many things that need to get done in our little home that sometimes it seems so overwhelming. We have so many things to paint, but with little children who love to help... Big messes can be made instead. Hope to get the trim painted in the house before the end of July, we will see how that goes. Thank you for the opportunity to work! Your house looks amazing!
I have two end tables that I bought at an estate sale that need refinishing. They have lots of trim work that I was dreading to paint with a brush. This sprayer would be a huge help!
The blue window boxes are spot on. Your home is beautiful outside and inside. I love learning from your blog!
I need to paint the garage door this summer
Love the window boxes! That is my next wish list item a sprayer to make my paint projects so much easier!
Love the window boxes! I want this sprayer and it’s been on my wishlist for some time.
We need to paint our barn!
We have trim to replace and paint this summer too!
I love your window boxes, the flowers and color choice are perfect! I would love to win the Homeright sprayer.
We need to do some weeding, and we haven't decided what to do with our little patio yet. Thanks for the chance to win the sprayer.
I have wicker furniture to paint that I have been dreading, this would help tremendously. I have been talking to my husband about installing window boxes and I am saving this to show my husband. Thanks for posting.
we have so many summer painting projects they will be all season to get them ticked off the list.
I am really impressed with the flower boxes. I imagine the blue is a Stacy original so i will not even ask. It really perks up the exterior or your home.
Sorry you were so ill with pneumonia. when you mentioned your family had been ill i had no idea it was so much more than the old summer colds. Take care.
i forgot to mention how clever the hook idea is and really cost effective. I think this will solve a challenge with a trellis we are having. thank you for another good idea.
I love window boxes!! At our house we moved from I had small ones on our out building and they were too cute!! Now that we have move our windows need boxes.... (I told my husband our windows are begging for window boxes)
I love the simplicity of yours and that design would be perfect for our little cottage home.
Thanks for sharing!
PS and BYE the way, would love to have the sprayer. I am spray painting all the time but have never had a sprayer...…...Thanks.....
My Summer to-do list involves putting new coats of protective stain on my home and decks, and painting the outside furniture. I won't have much money left for plantings, so I will have to be happy with what I have. I also hope to update our garden edging with rocks I find around our property. Your blue flower boxes are so cheerful and really liven up those windows wonderfully!
We need to paint three sheds.
Your shutters and boxes look great! You should consider a soffit and fascia redo to go with your new roof, then you will never have to paint trim again. I would love to try a sprayer!!!
Paint my bedroom and bathroom, fix some holes cut in my sheet rock to fix a plumbing leak, repaint my front door a pretty coral color and get my spare bedroom organized as my sewing room for this winter to make quilts!
My summer to do list is long, but top of my list is visiting the aquarium and having an outdoor movie night.
sprucing up our outdoor area.
There are so many projects that can be made that much easier with the right tools and equipment.
LOVE YOU WINDOW BOXES, i HAVE WINDOW BOXES AND LOVE THEM! i HAVE A CABINET THAT NEEDS TO BE PAINTED.
High on my yo do list is scrapbooking so I can clean up my extra bedroom. Thanks for the chance to win.
Your window boxes look great and love the color you chose. Sorry to hear you were I'll and happy to see you feeling better.
Enjoy your weekend
Cindy
Into our second month of a total remodeling job...gut job 1962 split ranch...way more than we thought. Inside, outside, yard, plumbing, flooring, roof, doors and windows..literally everything..including paint.
Would love to own the HomeRight Finish Max Sprayer
We just bought our house in March and it needs to be pressure washed like whoa. Then I want to paint it blue (its currently pink) and paint the trim white and repaint the black shutters.
My summer to do list is pretty long. And most of it has to do with sprucing up the house to get it ready to sell. My sister has one of these and let me borrow it once for a project. I love the home max paint sprayer!
Those window boxes look amazing!!! They really help add color to the front of your house.
Our big project this year is rebuilding our back patio.
organizing the basement. its chaos right now.
redoing the floor on our porch~
I need to repainted my picket fence.
Love that blue against the brick! I always have gobs of projects, but summer i try to focus on yardwork. I need to get the hallway down my stairs painted on some of these hot afternoons though!
Stay cool!
This would be perfect for our plans to paint our kitchen cabinets from a creamy white to a bright white.
We have front decking that really needs a makeover! This tool would surely help in that regard! Thanks, and we love what you're done with the window boxes! Glad you're feeling better! :-)
My summer to do list is to refinish my piano. I have painted it black and do not like it at all. So I have to strip it and then will paint it white. What a chore!
We're replacing the decking on our deck and doing some landscaping.
I have two of five window boxes left to paint that I built two years ago and that sprayer would be put to good use.
Looks great, I would never have thought of using blue! :)
I need to paint our window boxes too! Your look adorable!
Anything I can my health is not cooperating with me here lately
My deck needs painting bad. Also my whole house. I need upgrading. Help!
Your home looks quite nice with newly painted shutters and window boxes. Being able to spray rather than brush paint must have been a big time saver. I have a pergola past due for repainting but have put it off due to numerous of hours required for a good finish. Your sprayer would be answer to my dreams!
You did a great job, I think that sprayer was the perfect tool. I like how you attached them with the hooks and eyes, I would never have thought that would secure them. I am glad you are feeling better! I look forward to meeting you at Haven!
My summer to do list is always yard work, its neverending
Painting our fence tops our summer to do list. We also need to keep up our gardens and clean out our garage.
Love the boxes and color :) We have lots of summer painting projects lined up :D
to paint all the bathrooms and the garage
I love the rustic window treatment and the blue....I painted my door that blue in February and love it...thanks so much for your blog...thx
I have a couple of bookcases and a table that I'd love to paint. A sprayer would make those projects a breeze!
I have a porch rocker that I would love to try out the paint sprayer on!
I need to power wash and stain a large deck.... and weed, plant, and stain the wood in a bunch of raised beds.
At the top of my to-do list is to stain my front and back porches! This sprayer would be perfect for the job!
My to do list includes maintaining the garden beds, major spring/summer cleaning, and painting my daughter's room!
I need to get out there and thoroughly water and weed my flower garden.
Need to power wash and stain our deck.
I always have a bunch of projects! My #1 thing is I need to tear a shoddy chicken cage off the back of my shed, then paint my shed.
I would love to paint a mandela on my back deck to incorporate a bohemian vibe. Thinking of hanging some tapestries, huge leafy plants, chimes and dreamcatchers to carry out the theme.
My summer to do list consist of remodeling the garage and assigned storage areas inside of the garage.
What a great difference this made for you window area really made things look nice.
My biggest summer project would be to paint the house but with this heat that is kind of on hold. Flower beds need to be weeded through the list is never ending.
I have some old Adirondack chairs I want to give a new look to maybe a chevron pattern.
Working on improving the grass on my lawn is on my summer to do list.
Deciding what kind of home we want to build is on our summer to do list.
We have taken on painting my bedroom suite that my sister and I shared as a child. I know it is going to be a task because it is almost 60 years old. I am very excited about this project and this sprayer would be a big help!
Redecorating the backyard and making it more functional is on my summer to do list.
We just moved into a new home, finally home owners! We have so much to do! I want to paint the walls, spruce up the yard, and eventually lay some new flooring...My work is cut out for me! lol Thanks so much for the chance to win!
Having siding cleaned and kitchen ceiling fixed.
Power washing my house is just one thing on my Summer to do list!! This would sure help when we chose our new paint color !