A while back I bought a hand held sander so I could sand those little benches that were in front of my house. The weather was beautiful so I decided to go for it! The sander is really great and I loved how fast it took care of the work of sanding. These are really old oak benches so they needed a lot of sanding. I think I definitely got my monies worth out of this guy.
A little tricky with all the slats but really fun to use the new tool.
Then on to painting them red! Yes, RED. I love red so I thought they would look better in red in front of the house. I can even think of ways to decorate them for Christmas now!! Anyway, they turned out really cute. It did take 2 to 3 coats of paint. We did not take a picture of the primer on the benches so that was another step in the process of getting these painted. 
Finished results. I likey!
One on the left and one on the right. They are different benches but both are antiques and oak. On to the next project. Painting nightstands black. Julie Doolittle gave me some nightstands that she did not want so I said we would take them and someone would want them. Why not add them to the stuff I have in my garage?? Saw a great blog about painting and I am convinced they will be wonderful when I am done. If the weather holds up in the 70's I will tackle it soon.
6 comments:
Love the benches in RED! You are so lucky to have nice warm weather still to get projects done like that. It has been so cold here...the paint would never dry.
Looks great! Love the red.
I've been thinking about you a lot lately. Miss you! Would love to have you guys visit sometime... maybe after the new year?? I joined weight watchers again.....fun fun.
They turned out great mom!! I guess you decided not to use the spray paint we bought last summer...it is in that nicely organized closet...remember! I guess you will have to find something else to paint red.
How cute!! I have a hutch that I want to do the same with but am totally nervous!!
I need to get a good sander so that I can sand and restain the bunkbeds that someone just gave us. And those night stands would go great in our guest room down stairs... too bad you live so far away.
Way to go sis-tah! They look great. I love red, too....but no way could I paint now. We have 3 inches of SNOW at our house! It started coming down after church yesterday...pretty nuts.
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