We were lucky to have two lovely big garden benches left at the house we just bought. I love nice garden furniture and these would have cost quite a bit to buy. Now all they cost us was a tin of wood stain and some hard work sanding them down.
We started on the first one yesterday. It was a bank holiday here and fantastic to have a Monday off. It took us most of the afternoon and we were well tired and dirty when we were finally done with it. Well we only got to put on the first coat of wood stain yesterday as it needs four hours to dry in between each coat. I applied the second coat this morning and will do the last coat when I'm done here.
I love painting, I find it relaxing. Except when painting with my husband! I'm not a perfectionist at all. I wouldn't exactly call him one either but he does like to do things properly, neatly and well. We decided I am a back painter and he is a front painter. That means I get to paint the back of the bench while he painted the front. I did get some coaching on how to paint well in order to get me qualified as a front painter so I can finish the bench on my own today. Let's hope Andre approves of my work when he gets home later!
Here are some before, during and after pictures.
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| The bench before |
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| The beautiful "new" bench. |
Estelle says: Ongelooflik - dit is so goed gekom - nou kan julle en katteman lekker sit!!
ReplyDeleteDie afskuur is maar nie 'n lekker job nie, maar as jy eers klaar is en die eindresultaat sien, dan sien jy sommer kans vir nog. Die bank lyk 'stunning'. Anneliese jy sal 'n darem oulike 'nursy' uitgemaak het! (verwys na die foto van jou met die stofmasker). Geniet julle nuwe tuiste. Baie groete Marietjie
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