New Butterfly Photo Spot
Story Time + New Photo Spot Reveal
Several years ago, I (Shelley) spotted this old barn door leaning up against the wall in our old "hay shed". I was determined that it needed to be a photo spot some day but we never made it happen.....until now.
When he was cleaning out the hay shed as part of the remodel process this spring (you can read about our barn remodel in this
blog post), Matt rescued it for me. He thinks that this door was originally used in the dairy barn and is around 30 years old.
Matt cut some rotted wood off the lower part of the door, then pressure washed off 30 years of cow manure, dirt, and grime. THAT was quite the transformation which you'll see in this video!
I have been wanting to paint a butterfly photo spot for a while, so that's what I decided to use this door for.....our Butterfly Barn Door. This painting was completed in approximately 30 hours over 3 very hot weeks in June. PSA: Barn wood is VERY hard to paint on!!! The rough texture definitely made it more challenging and time consuming than it would have been otherwise, but ooooh what a result.
Do you like it? We cannot wait to see the photos you take at our new photo spot this fall!!!
Thanks for reading,
Shelley & the Colson Family
