Restoring a 100-Year-Old Home with Exterior Painting
This older home's exterior needed much more than a fresh coat of paint. Years of failing paint had to be scraped away before Painter's Touch could create a clean, consistent finish and give the home a completely new look.
Project overview
- Service
- Exterior house painting
- Property
- Approximately 100-year-old home
- Primary challenge
- Extensive peeling and failing paint
- Preparation shown
- Heavy scraping and surface preparation
- Transformation
- Gray siding and white-painted masonry changed to blue with crisp white accents and warm-brown details
- Additional areas shown
- Porch floor, brick porch piers, doors, trim, gutters, and downspouts
- Service area
- Painter's Touch serves Boiling Springs, Spartanburg, and surrounding Upstate South Carolina communities
A century-old exterior ready for renewed protection
Older homes carry details and character that are difficult to reproduce, but their exteriors can also require considerably more preparation than newer construction. On this approximately 100-year-old house, years of weather exposure had left sections of the siding with widespread peeling and failing paint. The side of the home showed the challenge most clearly, with loose coatings across the siding and around the windows.
Painting over that condition would have hidden the problem temporarily without creating the dependable finish the home needed. The loose material first had to be removed so the new coating could bond to a properly prepared surface.
Extensive scraping made the transformation possible
Preparation was the defining part of this exterior project. The homeowner's five-star review explained that the house needed “a ton of scraping to get years of old paint off.” The before-and-after photographs show why that work mattered: worn, uneven siding became a solid and consistent exterior finish.
Careful preparation is especially important on older homes. It helps reveal areas needing attention, improves coating adhesion, and creates a smoother finished appearance. Painter's Touch approached the project with the patience required for an exterior with decades of accumulated paint.
A complete exterior color change
The finished home received a dramatic change from gray siding and white-painted masonry to a coordinated blue exterior. White window trim, columns, and architectural accents provide contrast, while the warm-brown doors and porch floor add depth to the palette.
The project included more than the primary siding. The transformation visible in the photographs includes:
- Exterior siding
- Window and architectural trim
- Painted brick and porch piers
- Front and side doors
- Porch flooring and steps
- Porch columns and caps
- Detailed transitions around existing gutters and downspouts
The copper-colored gutter and downspout were retained, becoming a complementary detail against the new blue exterior.
The finished result
The completed exterior looks refreshed without losing the home's original character. Consistent blue siding unifies the structure, the white trim highlights its architecture, and the porch colors create a welcoming entrance.
The homeowner praised both the finished work and the experience of working with the Painter's Touch team. The review described the crew as professional, thoughtful, easy to work with, and reasonably priced. Most importantly, the before-and-after photographs demonstrate the difference that thorough preparation can make on an older home's exterior.
“They did an incredible job on our 100-year-old house, which needed a ton of scraping to get years of old paint off.”
Planning an exterior painting project?
If your home has peeling paint, weathered siding, or an exterior color that no longer fits your vision, Painter's Touch can help you determine the right preparation and painting approach. We provide exterior painting services for homeowners in Boiling Springs, Spartanburg, and surrounding Upstate South Carolina communities.
Call 864-771-5409 or request an estimate to discuss your exterior painting project.