So, I’ve been painting the house for about a year now. I first started last summer with the chimney side and front sides of the house. I was able to scrape, sand, and lay two coats of primer on before the week I set aside ended. This summer, I’ve been able to squeeze in the same on the back and other side of the house. Yesterday, I finally put on a coat of the finish body color. It looks great! So, after many, many, many hours of stress and strain, the payoff is worth it. With the primer on, the finish coat goes on extremely easily. The only thing left to do after this is the porch … which I’ve left as a separate project because it has so many sliding doors. I have one more week off coming up in September, so I’m hoping I can finish up the body of the house and then do the porch.