For the past several weeks we've been working on the OUTSIDE of our house. First, we rented a pressure washer and sprayed all the grime and loose paint off. Then we stripped half of the window trims down to bare wood (using a heat gun) and had to replace a bunch that were too rotten to even paint. Then, we were finally ready (after 3 weeks of prep work) to paint. We hired a guy dh works with to help with spraying the house using  a paint gun and he did much of the high stuff. All in all I painted about 1/3 of the house myself and he did the other 2/3. We saved alot of money (thousands of dollars in fact) by hiring this guy, doing it ourselves and we got our paint at Sherwin Williams at a 42% discount through special discount from dh's work! Our big, ugly, pink house has been a pink eyesore for as long as people can remember,  as it is one of the oldest homes in our town and I can't tell you how many people stopped their car to say how nice it looks now and thanked me for changing it!! I will post somemore pictures of the final result next! end  result next!