It was a gorgeous day in our neighborhood , the sun was shinning, the temperature was in the mid 70's, perfect day to get back to a project I started two weeks before.
The little stool that could.
This stool has been on the homestead for at least 20 years. Made of solid oak, this piece has been re-finished 3x, or it will be three, once I complete the painting.
A couple of weeks ago while planting some flowers in pots to place around on the decks, I came across this stool which had been left out all winter. The previous summer I had taken it out to place a bucket of coleus on it in the front yard.
After such a wet and cold winter and early spring, the elements had taken it's toll on the finish, peeling the varnish and discoloring the wood. So, with a small hand sander I went to work, grinding off the ugliness.
Amazingly, it didn't take too much sanding to get down to the bare wood. Now as I mentioned before, this stool was made of oak, a true hardwood, it was well constructed, no wobbles in the legs, just a real solid piece. But I wasn't happy with the graying of the wood, so for this third re-finish I decided to use paint instead of stain topped with varnish.
As I stepped back to see if this Caribbean Blue color was what I was looking for , this perfect shadow jumped out at me.
It was like a double whammy. My mind was thinking, oh, I should take some pictures, do a blog in the #diyhub. I was bummed I hadn't taken a before picture. You know, a before and after picture to show the ultimate improvement. Oh well, next time.
The shadows were enough for me to be excited, I knew I was going to show off these shadows in @melinda010100 contest in the #shadowhunters community.
I figured I would have a look around to see if there were any more interesting shadows.
The last of the winter wood was still sitting on the porch and cast a great shadow. It reminded me of the NYC skyline I remembered from when we lived in New Jersey. There was a road called Skyline Drive that went up and over a mountain that brought you to a major highway that could connect you to Route 287 north, then to Route 4 east, straight to the George Washington bridge. We lived pretty close to that big city, went into Manhattan many times over the years.
Totally random, this shadow was discovered when I went into the kitchen to clean my brush, boy o boy, shadows everywhere.
Shadow Hunting has become almost an obsession with me, I think it's such a cool way to look at objects differently, so thanks Mel, glad you taught me to look outside the box.
I want to thank @nelinoeva and @galenkp for the curation they do, it's time consuming work, so I am grateful .
Also, I want to thank @annephilbrick for being the judge of this fun contest, probably not an easy task. But if you want to get the job done, ask a busy lady.😊
You do a great job with the #reflection Hunters Contest also, thanks Anne.
Happy Hunting!
How much winter wood do you have stock for next year? Don't forget to post the finished product!!!Lovely colours ^^
I always want to say good morning, since it's not quite 7 am here in the states. Then of course it hits me, you are in France. Sooooo, Good afternoon @edprivat. I did the same thing with @dandays when he was in the UK. Duh!
When it comes to firewood, it really is an on going affair. And I say affair, because it really is, we love wood.
We have to stockpile before winter hits again, 3 to 4 cords of cut and split firewood in order to heat the house.
So the sweed is always scoping out standing dead wood. He'll mark the trees with orange tape. When one of my sons visits, they'll drop the trees and cut it into stove size logs, then a little each day, the hubby splits the logs, and I stack. We just leave it sit there in the woods until the weather cools and winter is around the corner. At that point a wood frame is assembled next to our front deck and the cords are carted in from the forest and stacked again. It's a good work out.
As you can see, our wood if covered with a tarp to keep the tons of snow off the firewood .
Yup it's quite an affair.
Hope you and the fam are all well and happy AND have a great afternoon.😉😀
Good.... mor, uh.. day. Good day!
It should be a motto I follow!
I am also so impressed with the way it's orderly stacked, order is a quality I lack :D
It's currently the evening right now, but you are right if you are writing it in the morning, that's my lunch time I think. Have a great rest of the day, I am making dinner ^^
I love the color you chose for the stool! I'm so glad you have fun hunting shadows and share them with us here. Thanks for entering the Shadow Contest again. ❤️
Hello Melinda, yes I was very pleased with that color. I finally finished the project, I think I may do a #diyhub post since I kept snapping pictures as I went along. It looks pretty good especially with a potted flower on top.
You are an inspiration. I'm thinking of a rusty little metal table that could use a coat of paint.
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Oh yes, get some spray paint for that, it’s amazing what the right color paint will do for an old piece of junk. Besides, retro is in now.
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Nice shadows. Your stool has a gorgeous color now. Lots of work to refinish it.
Oh yes, it takes some time to re-finish stuff, but I enjoy it. That Caribbean blue is such a great color. I finally finished the stool a few days ago, thinking of doing a #diy posts, I did remember to take a few photos, after @thebigsweed pointed it out to me, could be a fun post to do. We'll see.
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