Sometimes the biggest difficulty in blogging is the time to post.
We have been in the throes of more yardwork, what else? Laren finally got the seed in at 10:50pm Saturday night in our backyard - now I really hope the warm weather sticks around because I need that grass in so I don't have to put up with dirt and mud getting tracked in all fall and winter long!
Freshly planted grass. But it just looks like nice smooth dirt!!
Freshly planted grass. But it just looks like nice smooth dirt!!
I decided to stain our fence because the fence has been up for awhile now, each side has been up a different length of time based on when our neighbors decided to put their respective fence up.
The Cedarwood fence color.
The oldest section of fence has probably been up 3+ years now and that section and another were really starting to look old and I wanted to catch it before it turned "black" on me. It's hard to make a blackened, weathered fence look good.
The Cedarwood fence color.
The oldest section of fence has probably been up 3+ years now and that section and another were really starting to look old and I wanted to catch it before it turned "black" on me. It's hard to make a blackened, weathered fence look good.
So I got a Redwood Stain from Lowes to match the Redwood Semi-transparent stain that I did our wood swingset with. Well after painting just over half the fence, including part of the back and part of one of the sides and the front wing fences on either side I realize that the stain is not Redwood but something different, maybe Cedarwood. So I go back to Lowes and ask them to give me a 5 gallon bucket of stain for free and explain the whole situation to them. The clerk said she could not do that for us, so I promptly requested to speak to her boss. Her boss happened to be the Store manager and he was very helpful because he said, "Yes!" So we got the Redwood stain and came home and this time I solicited my oldest daughter's help.
Well, she was going to start staining on one side going OVER the Cedarwood color. And that she got about half way through before I noticed how dark (and ugly) it was turning out!
The "dark side" of the fence!
Meanwhile I'm halfway up the opposite side of the yard on that section of fence using the Redwood color.
The Redwood fence color.
In the meantime I realize that if we cover up the Cedarwood with the Redwood the entire fence will look awful. Furthermore, I decide I like the look of the Cedarwood better than the Redwood. I'm so indecisive sometimes!
The "dark side" of the fence!
Meanwhile I'm halfway up the opposite side of the yard on that section of fence using the Redwood color.
The Redwood fence color.
In the meantime I realize that if we cover up the Cedarwood with the Redwood the entire fence will look awful. Furthermore, I decide I like the look of the Cedarwood better than the Redwood. I'm so indecisive sometimes!
In the process of staining the fence we managed to get the stain onto lots of things that shouldn't have it and I also got stung by a wasp. I think the last bee sting I had was back when I was in 6th grade or something like that.
So, long story short, we still have about 1/3 of the fence to stain and we already have 3 different colors if you count the Cedarwood, the Redwood and the combination of both of those. And I thought I would get to work and stain the rest of the fence today and it turns out it is rainy and cool. So much for that idea! I guess it gives me some time to think about what color to finish things up in?
5 comments:
What a pain. I hate when stuff like that happens. You are all geared up to be productive and all of these snags get in the way. Good luck finishing up!
I know it is a pain, but the stain story makes me chuckle. Who hasn't been indecisive and who doesn't go back to Lowes 10 times to complete a simple project?
I remember when we were kids my dad used to pay us 1 cent for every fence board we'd stain, every summer.
Your backyard is so awesome, lots of hard work, but is going to be great to look at in the long run! Congrats!
Man, how do you fix it when you have so many shades of stain on there already? Maybe you can paint it all shiny lacquered black and turn it into a Japanese Zen garden!
You are so going to appreciate that yard when it is all said and done. You guys have put a lot of sweat and tears into it. I can't wait to see it all done!
Ouch about the wasp! I haven't been stung by one, but my kids have.
I am sure it will look so great when it's all done. That is some hard work!
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