A brand new car!!!!
As I have mentioned, we're behind with things this year over at L&G. a.) I am no longer a woman of leisure and actually have to work, and I've been doing a lot of that. b.) after 2 to 3 years, some of the plywood we bought as a foundation was starting to look (and be) pretty jacked. we're talking disintegration. something had to be done, and it involved going to Home Depot and getting more wood.
so we did that...I guess last weekend? having tried to use deck paint to protect the plywood from the elements in (what I thought was) a nice pleasing light green, we discovered it did an ok job of doing so, but not great. plus, the green (celedon, perhaps?) did a great job of showing every speck of dirt that landed on it. and it wasn't so easy to clean. whatever. we made due.
our plan this year was to get even more hard core and try some sort of industrial varnish...we were going for an outside of a boat product, because, hey, boats are always in the water. and we thought something shiny might be more cleaning friendly.
at the Depot, bf jonah inspected wood options as I bought, uh, more plants in the garden center. when we met up, he said, "I've found some very interesting things..." In ye old wood section he led me to a plywood with, I guess what you would call, a grooved finish. it was a risk, but what if it worked? with a stain to make it pretty, plus our varnish, it might look, as jonah said "kinda good." (a shout out must be had for jonah, who let me build this roof deck when I moved out of my old place with a huge garden to live with him here at chez bergen, and has since helped me build this make-shift thing every year. he doesn't even use the deck that much, but he knows I love it and need it to keep me sane.)
ANYWAY, we have been staining and varnishing our new wood, and today, we put three pieces into place--one more to come, when we get more rubber to put down underneath it. and so, this unveiling is like when contestants on The Price is Right learned they had the chance to win an automobile, for some reason, the best thing you can ever win on that show, at least in a one-off, non-showcase showdown scenario...
behold, our new seating area for our deck, which at least right now, makes the floor of our deck way nicer than the floors in our apartment...
ps: lest we forget the Lean angle of this blog--I bought plants and much of the supplies for this with $200 in Home Depot gift cards that I got from my "Chase Leisure Rewards" bank card. (Chase--call me. I'm available for endorsements.)
so we did that...I guess last weekend? having tried to use deck paint to protect the plywood from the elements in (what I thought was) a nice pleasing light green, we discovered it did an ok job of doing so, but not great. plus, the green (celedon, perhaps?) did a great job of showing every speck of dirt that landed on it. and it wasn't so easy to clean. whatever. we made due.
our plan this year was to get even more hard core and try some sort of industrial varnish...we were going for an outside of a boat product, because, hey, boats are always in the water. and we thought something shiny might be more cleaning friendly.
at the Depot, bf jonah inspected wood options as I bought, uh, more plants in the garden center. when we met up, he said, "I've found some very interesting things..." In ye old wood section he led me to a plywood with, I guess what you would call, a grooved finish. it was a risk, but what if it worked? with a stain to make it pretty, plus our varnish, it might look, as jonah said "kinda good." (a shout out must be had for jonah, who let me build this roof deck when I moved out of my old place with a huge garden to live with him here at chez bergen, and has since helped me build this make-shift thing every year. he doesn't even use the deck that much, but he knows I love it and need it to keep me sane.)
ANYWAY, we have been staining and varnishing our new wood, and today, we put three pieces into place--one more to come, when we get more rubber to put down underneath it. and so, this unveiling is like when contestants on The Price is Right learned they had the chance to win an automobile, for some reason, the best thing you can ever win on that show, at least in a one-off, non-showcase showdown scenario...
behold, our new seating area for our deck, which at least right now, makes the floor of our deck way nicer than the floors in our apartment...
ps: lest we forget the Lean angle of this blog--I bought plants and much of the supplies for this with $200 in Home Depot gift cards that I got from my "Chase Leisure Rewards" bank card. (Chase--call me. I'm available for endorsements.)
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