Sorry about the darkness at the beginning.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Friday, July 02, 2010
Fun project
With the all the garage cleaning, you probably think I'm not having much fun on my vacation. Well, if you think the only way to have fun on vacation is to be on a beach or something, then I guess you'd be right.
But I am getting to some things that I've been wanting to do for awhile that will make life a little easier if not enjoyable, and that's fun for me. Yes, I'm kind of a geek.
Anyway, here's one of the things I'm doing.
I've had this metal bistro table for about 10-12 years. It's a little well worn, as you can see.
I scrubbed it clean Tuesday morning and let it dry, then brought it into the garage for a couple coats of primer.
Then came the color. I wanted it to be red with black legs, because I think that's a pretty cool color combination, but it didn't feel like I had enough red spray paint. So I went with yellow for the top.
I was still going to go ahead and do black for the legs, but realized I had a LOT of green spray paint, so went with that.
Maybe I'll get some brown craft paint and make the top look like a sunflower. That'd be kinda cool. I'll need to seal it, too, to help protect the paint, but that's not real important at this point.
I put it on my front porch, so I've got something to set a cool drink on while I sit on the bench on nice evenings.
Anyway, I've got one more big, fun project to do, but I don't know if I'll be able to finish it before I go back to work. I still need to do a couple things inside the house, too (replacing the bathroom faucet, for one). But I think I could at least get a good start to where it will be usuable. More on that later.
But I am getting to some things that I've been wanting to do for awhile that will make life a little easier if not enjoyable, and that's fun for me. Yes, I'm kind of a geek.
Anyway, here's one of the things I'm doing.
I've had this metal bistro table for about 10-12 years. It's a little well worn, as you can see.
I scrubbed it clean Tuesday morning and let it dry, then brought it into the garage for a couple coats of primer.
Then came the color. I wanted it to be red with black legs, because I think that's a pretty cool color combination, but it didn't feel like I had enough red spray paint. So I went with yellow for the top.
I was still going to go ahead and do black for the legs, but realized I had a LOT of green spray paint, so went with that.
Maybe I'll get some brown craft paint and make the top look like a sunflower. That'd be kinda cool. I'll need to seal it, too, to help protect the paint, but that's not real important at this point.
I put it on my front porch, so I've got something to set a cool drink on while I sit on the bench on nice evenings.
Anyway, I've got one more big, fun project to do, but I don't know if I'll be able to finish it before I go back to work. I still need to do a couple things inside the house, too (replacing the bathroom faucet, for one). But I think I could at least get a good start to where it will be usuable. More on that later.
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