Monday, September 8, 2025
Time: 6:45 P.M.
Song: All of This
Artist: The Naked and the Famous
Mode of Consumption: Listening to MP3s on shuffle while varnishing boards in our
garden shed.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/4Ip2JTqyVA9OOEFvNAkzdf?si=d2b1a6f6745f433b
A few months ago, I
bought metal bases for an outdoor coffee table and an end table at a garage sale.
My plan was to make tops for both from old barn boards that have been sitting
in our garage for probably a decade.
I finally started
the process this weekend, cutting the boards to length and then sanding them
down. I followed that by staining them on Sunday.
Tonight, I wanted to
get the first coat of varnish on them before the Bears game at 7:15.
I always like the
process of taking drab, tired looking boards that threaten a splinter with any
touch and smoothing them down, enriching the color and then watching as the
varnish pulls the grains of the wood to the surface. It’s like giving the
boards a second life.
I did this once
before with a metal base and put the table up for auction at the Festival of
Trees. It did well.
I haven’t decided if
that’s the future for these two tables. I hope to have everything finished with
them by the end of next weekend, so that I can move on to the next project. I
will either donate them for the festival or put them up for sale.
It’s always weird. I
spend so much of the summer mowing the yard and getting things ready for the fair
that I always feel like I am rushing to do projects like this in September and
October before the weather turns cold.
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