The siding needs painting, and that has to be done first to make sure the new steps match.

"The barn needs painting," he said coming toward the old wooden structure.

Not like my old-fashioned narrow porch that always needs painting.

The garage under my apartment suddenly needs painting, she has decided, though it looks fine to me.

It was a month before opening day, and the whole exterior needed painting.

Those flint walls are very tough and of course they don't need painting.

"The idea that it never needs painting leads to a lot of neglect," he said.

At the head of the steps he knocked twice upon a door that needed painting.

It needed painting, but so did the whole house.

"I was recovering from culture shock, and my mother's house needed painting," he said.