~ How I Limewashed the Exterior of My House for Under $10.00 ~

I live in the historic district of McKinney in a 60 year old ranch style house.
A few years ago I lime-washed our green painted brick to give it a lighter look.
The lot is filled with trees creating a dark shaded yard. Well when I initially
painted the original ugly reddish orange brick green I didn't realize
the green brick would fade into the shaded green landscaping.
So I decided to lighten the house by white lime-washing the brick.
This solved the problem.

There are many ways to lime-wash a house but this is the method I used.

I purchased a 30 pound bag of lime from a big box store at the cost of around $7.00.

I mixed about 2 parts lime to 1 part water in a 5 gallon bucket...

about the consistency of pancake batter.

I painted on the lime-wash mixture over the painted green brick in a

random pattern allowing some of the green brick to show through.

If you want the lime-wash to be chippy looking add more lime

to the mixture.

After the lime-wash dried I took a SOS pad and sanded off

some of the lime-wash where I wanted more green to show through.

Lime-washing is a very fast project and it only cost me $7.00 for the whole house.

This is a very easy do-it-yourself process.

The lime-wash on my house is four years old and still looks great.

I hope you enjoy your lime-wash project!

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