Painters recently finished painting the exterior of the Washington house at Ferry Farm. The house was painted a red color common to the 18th century and known as “Spanish brown.” The paint was linseed oil-based just as it would have been in the 1700s. We’ll have a more detailed blog post in a few weeks explaining how we came to choose Spanish brown as the color to use. In the meantime, here are a few photos of the painters working as well as of the finished job.
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- Getting started.
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- First coat.
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- Painting the dormers.
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- North and east side of house complete.
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- Dormers complete.
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- Falling snow against the new paint.
Learn more about the Washington House here and view other videos, photos, and blog posts about the project here.