Painting my 101 Year Old House 

Great Video, This explanation of house painting is exact. The steps you have taken are exactly what I did 20 years ago and still is holding up. I was younger then and now turning 73 I will be refreshing some sections this summer. Lots of work, but worth it.. Thanks for the refresher course. Old lady in MA

You did a wonderful job, most people would take the easy way out

Wow, basically stripped it to the bare wood. Lots of hard work and dedication. Nice work

You're amazing, Katie Lou! Great work, very fun seeing your hard work, it looks beautiful.

Wow that makes a big difference. Looks really good and what a wonderful color!

Great job! It's so refreshing to watch the work of those who want to do it right and appreciate the beauty of older homes. My house was built in 1911 and I'm stripping paint now, came in to take a break and look for some inspiration and advice.

I really appreciate seeing the dedicated effort and consistancy to do the complete job right! Kudos to you for such an approach.

Oh my gosh Ma'am! What an amazing job. Thank you for the video.

Looks fantastic. Great job restoring your house!

Looks wonderful! I getting ready to restore my wood siding on my garage and appreciate you sharing the video.

Amazing job! It looks beautiful and I see all the hard work that went into making it come back to life! Bravo to the both of you!

Absolutely beautiful. A lot of hard work, but you guys did the thang!!!

ACE job! Nuttin like doin it right! Thnx to ur helper. Not only for the muscle, but for the lift in spirits.

You did a really great job on the prep. Beautiful finish.

Just gorgeous! My son and I are planning to work on our 1910 bungalow this summer. I'm researching tools for sanding. I've saved your video, noting "cool use of cherry picker". GREAT idea!

Great job guys

Amazing job , taking everything down to wood like that is a ton of work for sure 👍

You did a great job. It has inspired me to work on my house. I just have trim, but at 73 that is enough. Thanks for the tutorial.

Very nice work & a daunting task. You did an awesome job!

Great job! I have to repaint a very small section of the wood siding in my house so this gives me a pretty good how to guide so I appreciate it and you did great work. Thanks for everything here.

Surprisingly good video after what I thought was a slow start. Good commentary and information, excellent video cutouts to make a point. Great video. Thanks!

I can honestly say that was a great video! I'm in the process of doing the same thing and this just motivated me much more.. Thank you for sharing...

Good work takes time and attention to detail. Be proud of your work!

That looks amazing! Every time I’m grumbling about a little paint project, I’m going to think about you guys for inspiration. You really put your heart and soul into that project and it shows!

Well done!!! Very nice. Congratulations.

I m impressed! It looks awesome!

Nice work! I watched to get ideas how to prep, redoing our 1940's garage. Thanks!

Well done. I'm going through the same process as of early spring 2022, I hope to be done this fall, you gave hope 👏

Great work, Be proud of yourselves, that was worth all the effort.

Very nice way to cope difficult times. Respect!

Wow, good work, it came out looking beautiful.

I like your ambition and energy. Great job.

Saw your video and I was very impressed, I was in the painting trade for 40 years on the West coast. For the first 20 paint removal by propane torch and tools were allowed, not any more though. Your prep reminded me how paint can be removed, an amazing effort for those involved.

Fantastic job! I live in northern California and will be scraping then painting my home over the long Thanksgiving weekend.

Labor of love, looks really great!

I'm impressed, you did a great job the whole way. I'm prepping now for an older building and the scraping is a lot of work; your video motivated me to keep going.

You just brought a house back to life. Great job to you and your other did Lot's of hard work to say the least. Your house will last for another 100years plus because of the amount of prep you did. Every professional painter will agree with me.

Big job! Looks beautiful!

Wow!!! I'm so impressed by your hard work and perseverance. O.O

Well done, Katie. You should be proud.

Lovely home. Beautiful work. Huge job.

Wow you made it look amazing 😊

Wow awesome job Katie. I have done a repair and paint on an 110 year old house and I can really appreciated the time and hard work it takes to do a job to a high standard. And don't those old homes look so smart when freshly painted. Also I discovered that keeping up the cleaning maintenance was a great help keeping the house looking cared for. I don't think I would ever recommended using power washers on the old homes unless super low pressure. Great job.

Super helpful to watch your process and attention to detail. Thanks for sharing! My house is a 135 year old Queen Anne Victorian and has recently had the old vinyl siding removed. My biggest challenge in thinking about painting it myself is reaching the highest gables. Glad to see you used a man lift! You’ve given me a good dose of motivation.

Omg I have an 102 years old house and I was looking an “easy and most cheaper” way to paint it and you just inspired me to do it your way I guess I’m spending this summer out with my tools 🫠

Looks Great! Well done.

Your home looks beautiful.

Old is gold 👌

Thanks for sharing this video. So inspiring, as I’m preparing to paint my house (on my own) during the summer.

That is a big job you did it great.

Beautiful job.

Great video! good idea! May all your dreams come true.

Great job! You did it right!

Nicely done. Looks great. I usually paint top to bottom to cover up drips, but I am sure you had your own process.

I am inspired now. I just got a house that is from the 50s and looks like yours did.

Props to you guys for choosing beauty over convenience. Vinyl/aluminum makes things look like a trailer mobile home

Wonderful job 😊😊

😊 fantastic job! Looks bright and fresh... well done. I'm about to do an old wooden house myself, in much the same condition as yours was, so I watched and paid attention to your great work. Learned alot! Thank you. Hope you have many happy years in Yr new home. ❤

Looks good!

Wow….just WOW! I’m working on my early 1900’s schoolhouse home, and you’re making me wonder if I should be a little more dedicated to doing it right the first time. Well……. This is actually the second time around! :)

wow thats alot of work paying off,looks good

great job!

Wow! Que gran cambio le diste a tu casa les quedó muy hermosa. Y ahí están los resultados de un grande esfuerzo y el amor que pusiste para lograrlo. Mis felicitaciones y gracias por darme ánimos para yo también pintar mi casa Gracias ☺️

Thanks for your video I just bought my 1930 home, I can’t pressure wash or even soft wash I decided to fill the holes and then paint 💕

Well done!!!!!

This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you!!!

Katie, what a fantastic job you did on this! I grew up in Oshkosh so as soon as I saw the Kwik Trip I knew this had to be Wisco :) I am doing the same thing starting this fall and continuing through next year. We have a 1950's built home that was originally sided with cedar siding 12" reveal. That was covered in the 1960s with aluminum siding... and I've been pulling that off and finding the siding still in very good to decent shape. I plan on doing exactly what you have done. Sadly there are no Menards in Upstate NY, where I live now. I'll be using Sherwin WIlliams paint and an oil-based primer too. Go Packers and Go Brewers!

Love learning from a woman!!! You did a great job! Scraping paint off of my deck now🤦🏼‍♀️

Good job!

You must have strong hands that’s a lot of scraping and hand painting, it turned out very nice whole different look well done

Wow that's very professional, well done. It is very difficult to find a good painter nowadays, the way you doit it will last at least 10 year. 💯🖌️👍

Beautiful job! I've been doing the same thing on my house( circa 1927)

Would love to see an update. Such hard work that most people would not tackle themselves.

Nice work, 😊🤝

Marvelous Bravo

Wow 101 years old sounds really old, then I remembered my house is about 75 years old itself! You guys really did a great job and I am glad your boyfriend came to help because this is one of the most difficult jobs you can do. I just started my house today and I am doing it alone. The last time the house was painted was 18 years ago after my fathers death. My Mom and I worked and painted every single day and it took about 3 months. Two coats of primer and two coats of paint, so in reality we painted this house 4 times, UGH!!! We did a good job for it to last this long however!! Congratulations and best wishes to you and your new home!

You live next to a Quick Trip? Sheesh, I'd be going there every day. Great job on the painting project!

Kudos for restoring, not replacing!

Wow! Katie Lou! Great job! You and your boyfriend busted your butts on this house! I think it came out great!

I love this...my old home has a high amount of lead paint and the wood is so damaged 💔 so vinyl may have to be my best option.

Well Done, the differance is amazing, bet you were glad that the Covid break allowed you to work on the project - (Dave Mac for United Kingdom)

Nice job

lovely

wow great job!! Amazing results. Very inspiring. Im planning on painting with a sprayer myself. Muuuuuch faster.

Really good work

Thank you. That might be helpful to me.

nice , good job, "if you want it done right...."

Katie, You inspired me 😀, as I have been thinking of painting the exterior of our home. I am a 60 yr old women who is a DIY kind of gal. I saw our neighbor paint the exterior of his home on his own. He did the prep work, and paint work by sections. He is a single man who works full time, so he did if on weekends. It was a long process but the results were so amazing. Again your an inspiration Katie....great job👍 One day at a time!

You got it sooo easy!!!! My house is 90 years old with the thickest old lead paint ever!! I had to experiment with so many different tools and I’m 2 years into this project. I had to work off of free time from work and school! I’m just happy I’m almost done!

in the future you can use an oscillating tool with a scraper attachment to make ultra short work of the scraping 👍

It turned out amazing! I really admire your dedication and pouring your soul into your home! That is what makes it a home and not just a house.❤ Just I have always been wondering way in us most of the houses are painted, when it's such a pain in the a$$ every couple of years? We in Europe, if we have wood out or inside most of the times it is just impregnated.

Way cool I have to do the same thing.

Sick job. Me & partner have 100+ house & a lot of similar old but great wood, but covered with lead paint. a gnarly job, but can be done :)

Great job. Looks beautiful. Would it have been easier to use a sprayer?

my house is 103 years old ... thanks ... especially for the electric sander tip.

that was an amazing transformation and I know how much work it is I painted my 1930's house about 10 years ago. My garage is old too with many coats of rough paint and needs to be done again. What was the scraper again that your Dad recommended?? thanks!

Wow that is a great job! I am heat stripping our porch banisters now. The paint is 1/4 thick and it is rough going. Now if only I could figure out how to strip the sides of the spindles which are just straight wood.

My house is around the same age. I just tested it for lead and it came back positive.

This makes me think there is hope for my house that has older lapboards as siding.

Great job! How is it doing 3 years later ?