There was no biking this weekend. None. It rained off and on too much. Boo. Nothing wrong with a weekend getting stuff done, though, right?
We did get in some good walking. On one of our trips downtown, I poked into the library and there was a quilt installment there. The workmanship is so amazing on these.
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It’s time to start seeding the lawn and we are going to give it one more try before thinking about sod. Not to mention the hell strip at the curb, which has no grass and no weeds. Just dirt. Plus the city had to dig in there to get to our water line and it’s just a mess. When I picked up some seed, I had to check out the rest of the garden center. When in Rome…. I restrained myself with plants pretty much just yet since it is a little early for annuals – even though they are for sale now! It’s supposed to be in the 30s-40s overnight this week. Hello May.
Anyway, I was most intrigued by this hammock thing:
Kind of looks like a Mork chair doesn’t it? You wouldn’t flip out of it like a regular hammock, although I would probably find a way to do that. I didn’t check the price because I am 100% positive that’s not in the budget right now 😀
Work was done on my desk as well, which is a May goal. The veneer has been patched.
The bottom part has to be painted because stain won’t cover that up. The bottom will be Moonlight White, which is my go-to light cream color.
I picked up some new knobs. The wooden ones just look clunky to me and one is broken anyway.
The top seems salvagable. The finish is mucked up, but it’s in good shape.
I set to with the mouse sander:
It stripped down pretty well. I then hand sanded down to a 220 grit to get it super smooth. Next up?
I’m not a huge fan of the polyshades as they are tricky to work with, but this is just about a perfect match to the old stain. Now you’ll have to wait to see how it comes out!
the child has been BEGGGGING FOR A MORK CHAIR!!!
Not only are the $$$ I just keep thinking “wont you love this for a month and then it will just sit there?” (forever after).
“Hello May” made me laugh out loud. It’s such a finicky month, isn’t it? Just about the time you feel like you’re going with a summer exercise plan, May says “hold my beer.” Hahahaha!
The grain of the wood on the top of your desk is beautiful! I bought some poly shades to do something and I did not like it. But it was because I did not like the color of the poly shades (to me it was not the same color as pictured) not because it seemed difficult.
Those quilts are gorgeous!
I’m thinking the Mork Chair would be just sooooo comfy.
Nice productive weekend. I think the desk will be beautiful once you are finished with it.