check, check, check

I've been checking off a few things in the past few days.

I'm not sure why we've had this table in our garage for the last three years, but with our deck overhaul, I decided it was time to put it to use.

I was going to just paint it white, but it wasn't covering very well, so I pulled out leftover paint from our hall bathroom. It will tie in perfectly with the fabric I picked out for the patio furniture cushions.

I even got out some sandpaper and distressed it a little.

 
I pulled this old organ stool off the farm. I've been working on it for three summers. I had finally given up hope and decided to give it a coat of stain, paint over it, and distress it a little bit.

 

Once I let it dry, though, the extra dark stain looked pretty good, so I decided to leave it at that. I'm not sure what to do with a random organ stool, but it looks pretty...

The feet are still a little rusty, but I'm calling this one done.

We also finished the deck this week, I'll share pictures of that later this week...

Comments

  1. Chad and JodyJune 20, 2012 at 9:37 PM

    I love your DIY projects!

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  2. AnonymousJune 22, 2012 at 11:11 AM

    this comment is actually in response to your previous post--am I crazy. I appreciate how you were able to put those concerns into articulate words. I too have those same questions and concerns, plus a number more.
    I do see myself as a spiritual person, and I don't throw out my sense of Christianity, because of these kinds of issues.
    A book called "Yearnings Embracing the sacred messiness of Life" by Irwin Kula, a Jewish rabbi, to be helpful in gaining perspective.
    Thanks for sharing parts of your life. I so appreciate it.

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