120-Year-Old Home — Exterior Restored

Daltonn’s Painting & Handyman Services restored this 120-year-old exterior after rebuilding an open and missing lower-wall section, addressing rotten window and siding areas, preparing a previously painted cement foundation, and applying the homeowner’s custom colors.

Wide finished side view after the lower exterior wall was rebuilt and the siding, windows, and trim were completed — Finished lower-wall rebuild

Home120 years oldProject typeHistoric-home restorationTimelineFour weeksFinishExterior satin + enamel trim

The project

Restore the exterior before asking the new color to carry it.

This 120-year-old home brought the kind of conditions an older exterior can reveal: a previously painted cement foundation, rotten window and siding areas, and extensive preparation before finish work could begin.

Daltonn’s Painting & Handyman Services repaired and restored the problem areas, prepared the exterior, and applied the homeowner’s custom colors. The original project post described four demanding weeks of work before the final reveal.

Lower exterior wall being rebuilt after the bottom section was found open and missing — **Before / rebuild**Lower exterior open during reconstruction

Repairs + preparation

The visible finish started with what had to be opened, repaired, and prepared.

Close-up photographs document the deteriorated siding and window areas, the opened sections, and the coating tests around the previously painted foundation.

Rebuilt the open and missing lower exterior section
Addressed rotten window and siding areas
Prepared the previously painted cement foundation
Completed extensive exterior repair and preparation

Deteriorated wood siding exposed at an exterior corner — Deteriorated siding detail

Exterior siding opened to address deteriorated wood near the deck — Area opened for repair

Coating preparation and test area near the previously painted cement foundation — Foundation and coating preparation

Lower-wall rebuild

The bottom section was open and missing. We had to rebuild it.

The primary comparison above shows the wider open condition and the rebuilt exterior. These details move closer: damaged material, active reconstruction, and the completed lower wall near the utility side.

Finished utility-side exterior with restored siding, windows, lower wall, and trim — **Finished detail**Utility-side lower wall and trim completed

Side exterior before the lower-wall rebuild and finish work — **Before**Side exterior before the rebuild and final coating

Finished side elevation with restored lower wall, siding, windows, and trim — **Finished**Restored lower exterior, siding, windows, and trim

Alexander brushing the dark exterior door during the Terrell restoration — Alexander brushing the door during the exterior project

A family moment on the project

Alexander brushing the door.

Daltonn’s son, Alexander, helped brush the door during the exterior work. It is one of the real in-progress moments documented across this restoration.

Work in progress

Preparation and application across the exterior.

Exterior coating work on the home’s siding — Exterior coating work

Upper trim and eave work from a ladder — Upper trim and eave work

Finished exterior

Custom color, defined trim, and one connected historic home.

The project post identifies Behr exterior satin for the body and high-gloss enamel for the trim.

Finished front exterior of the historic home — Finished front exterior

Finished garage-side exterior from the matching before angle — Garage-side before-and-after match

Finished covered porch railing, siding, ceiling, and trim — Finished covered porch railing

Finished covered porch with painted floor, ceiling, siding, windows, and doors — Finished porch floor, ceiling, and siding

Finished front entry with contrasting door, windows, columns, siding, and trim — Finished front entry

Finished dormer with defined window and trim contrast — Finished dormer and trim

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120-Year-Old Home — Exterior Restored

Restore the exterior before asking the new color to carry it.

The visible finish started with what had to be opened, repaired, and prepared.

Alexander brushing the door.

The deck became the next project at this same home.

Show Daltonn what the house needs.