Like Lipstick on a Pig.

Have you ever heard this expression? It's a favorite in my family, and appropriate to this situation. Anyhoo, these are the colors we will be painting the cottage--- the lightest is basically the same blue it is now, which we are actually fond of, so that will remain the main body color. The wooden sills around the window and other large trim will be the medium Whipple Blue, and small details will be the dark Van Deusen Blue. WE will eventually be adding a little more fun exterior detail stuff as well as window boxes to the cottage next year (um, eyeshadow for the pig?). A winter project will be removing and replacing all the screening on the window screens, as well as painting them the van deusen blue and replacing any rotten pieces. Right now the screens are more like a minor inconvenience for the bugs, until they find the holes.