Exterior Painting on a 1905 Farmhouse in Newfoundland NJ

This 1905 farmhouse in the Green Pond section of Newfoundland is the kind of job you don't forget. It's a big property - multiple elevations, a lot of wood siding, detailed trim work around every window. And when you're dealing with a house that's well over 100 years old, there's no shortcutting the prep. The wood tells you what it needs.

Old homes like this one require a different approach than a newer build. The surface prep alone takes serious time - scraping, sanding, priming the bare spots, making sure the wood is ready to actually hold a finish coat. Skip that step and the paint will fail within a couple of seasons. We've seen it happen when other crews cut corners. That's not how we work.

What makes this one especially meaningful to us is that we painted this same house close to 15 years ago. Getting the call back is something we take real pride in. It tells us the work held up, and that the homeowners trusted us enough to come back. That kind of relationship matters a lot in this business.

The deep red body color against the crisp white trim is a classic combination that works perfectly on a farmhouse like this. Getting those trim lines tight and consistent across every window - front, back, and sides - is where the detail work really shows. A clean cut line between the body and trim color is one of those things that separates a quality exterior paint job from a rushed one.

Every side of this home got the same level of attention. That's just how restoration work on older homes has to go. When you put the right prep, primer, and finish work into a house this age, you get a result that protects the wood and looks great for years to come.