Today I was going to work on the potting bench project for this spot:
I bought the bench flat pack kit right when we first moved in with the intention of using it in the craft room. It wasn’t such a well-thought out idea so the bench went down to the conservatory to become a sort of sideboard. Well, that isn’t working for me either these days. Perhaps I should use it as a potting bench, eh?
I’d put a water based white wash on the unfinished wood but never really got much further.
So that the garden hose will fit and be easily accessible, I removed a few of the slats in the bottom shelf, filled and sanded the holes
then drilled holes for drainage in the top shelf. There are smallish gaps between the slats but I figured a little extra couldn’t hurt. Gets kinda wet in my current neck of the woods.
But, when it came to painting, I got a little ahead of myself. It was too cold and damp to paint today after all. I really thought I could get away with a coat or two if I worked in the garage. Nope. I kept the first coat thin so it would dry quickly. That’s today’s project in limbo — with all sorts of other sewing, craft and house projects.
I guess it’s just as well because I think I want to lay some slabs under the kitchen window to make it easier on the feet when I am puttering (pottering?) away there. Also, you can’t see it too well in the first pix but there is a tiny shrub by the drainpipe and I’ll need to move that. In its place I’m thinking a climbing rose for the drainpipe which I can train over the window and further on across the roof of the shed.
