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Thursday, 19 May 2011

Painter's trestles

The exterior house painting has been amped up another notch with Jason borrowing his Dad's painting trestles last weekend.

Back area of the Sow's Ear

It's raining trestles around here!

Expect a lot more exterior house painting posts from now on. The plan is to get the entire back end and sunroom side of the house fully painted.

The painter's trestles are aluminium and weigh a lot less than you'd think by looking at the size of them. They even have adjustable feet to make them stable on uneven ground.

Also, thanks for all your comments about our chandelier disaster. Some of you are truly hilarious and fortunately we have a sense of humour about the nuisance things that happen around here.

I need to make a very special mention to The Moerks for her comment about Warwick Capper (former Australian Rules football player).

Would you let this man hang your chandelier?
image from here
And of course to Mr Rooney who retold, almost verbatim, the conversation we had while Wazza was hanging the chandelier. A classic rendition.

18 comments:

  1. Ange19 May 2011 at 16:28

    Don't get Wazza to put up any trestles for you, will you? The beauty of the outside posts will be that you won't have any chandeliers crashing down on you!!

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  2. Makeminemidcentury19 May 2011 at 16:48

    What Jason lacks in painter's tresses, he makes up for in painter's trestles.

    Your house is going to look spectacular ... irreplaceable Italian-glassed chandelier or no irreplaceable Italian-glassed chandelier.

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  3. Jenny19 May 2011 at 16:50

    Warwick Cappa - gives me the creeps! I can't wait to see more of your painting posts. I look forward to the day we start on the outside. Is Jason doing most of it himself or are you getting in painters? ;-)

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  4. brismod19 May 2011 at 17:02

    Hi Jenny. Jason's it. A weekend painting warrior. It's going to be slow. One side at time. xx

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  5. Raine and Sage19 May 2011 at 17:28

    Can't wait to see the outside transformation. Tread carefully Jason.
    The hedges on your side fence are looking great and are well on their way. Your garden looks so neat and tidy. Mine still has a lot of work to do.

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  6. the old boathouse19 May 2011 at 18:07

    Nice trestles...good for little boys to try to climb I thought. We know where Jason gets his painting genes from now. If his Dad owns trestles he must be a keen painter.

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  7. Tom Stephenson19 May 2011 at 18:37

    I feel a broken leg or two coming on. Let's hope he lands on the grass, or that Warwick didn't build the balcony on the other end of that platform.

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  8. Tom Stephenson19 May 2011 at 18:39

    P.S. That Football player looks very gay, but I only feel safe in saying that because I live on the other side of the world.

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  9. Naturally Carol19 May 2011 at 20:57

    I am glad we are a few hours apart, 'cos if that's cream and black that you are painting the outside they are the same that I have set my heart on for this place. On the other hand your new paint may be old by the time we actually ever get around to it! It just proves though..that they look fabulous together...cream and black that is.

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  10. Razmataz19 May 2011 at 22:57

    I am curious about that rain barrel. We are just starting to get them here, but they are the size of a trash can.

    I am so surprised that your table didn't get damaged when the fixture fell.!

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  11. Mise20 May 2011 at 01:18

    Anita, what's that Thing? The cylindrical shiny Thing? It's just that I don't have one myself, and I always hate to feel I'm missing out.

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  12. ani's house20 May 2011 at 08:39

    Love the tank. It is great to see a metal one instead of the plastic ones...quite a feature!

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  13. The Moerks20 May 2011 at 09:57

    Ohhh he is creeping me out too! Good luck Jason, it looks like a big job.

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  14. brismod20 May 2011 at 10:17

    Mise, it is a rainwater tank. Brisbane was in drought a few years ago and all the dams were almost empty. There were tight water restrictions and people installed rain water tanks to keep their gardens alive. xx

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  15. Sarah B20 May 2011 at 11:25

    Can Jason come down and paint our house when he's finished with yours?? Pretty please??? Love the rainwater tank, so Aussie!
    I know it's bad, but I kinda feel a smidgen sorry for Wazza!

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  16. Pooch Purple Reign21 May 2011 at 05:09

    cooool rain tank. i worked in a greenhouse that used them for irrigation. i used it as a hot tub one night after drinking homemade portuguese wine :)
    ~laura xx

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  17. simmone21 May 2011 at 11:13

    We borrowed trestles from the parents 14 years ago and they have never gone back!Oh that poor chandelier.

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  18. Mise21 May 2011 at 20:00

    Oh I see. I want one too. It looks so shiny and futuristic. My neighbours will be baffled by it.

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