Don't Fence me In

I knew it had been a while, but HOLY COW!  April 8th?!  I can't even say it's been a busy summer.  That last entry wasn't even spring yet.  So, buckle up for some catching up.  Where to begin?

I'll start with a project that I did early this spring that left me looking like this . . .

No, not a spray tan gone wrong!  I painted the picket fence and was not about to do it by hand.  I pulled out the sprayer and went to town.

I bought fence stain in a ginormous 5 gallon bucket.  It was almost enough.  There's a lot of overspray and waste, but getting it done in 30 minutes is SO worth it.  I speak from experience.  I stained the deck as well.  I started last fall, painted for 5 days with several adult helpers and still didn't get it finished.  I finally finished up this spring.  Here's a before.

I should have sprayed the deck too, but I was worried about the overspray all over the house.  I don't like to be careful, so instead I spend days (DAYS I tell you) painting all those spindles with a roller.  I love the results.  Here's another angle that shows the difference between before and after.

 

 

It was pretty beat up and in some serious need of TLC.

 

 

I used a solid stain instead of paint.  I'll still have to re-stain every few years, but it won't peel and flake off.  I could have saved a lot of time by sticking to one color, but I really love the white rails and gray floor.  I'm just so glad it's finally finished.  You can see the unstained fence in the distance. 



 

 
I'm so glad I got on this project early in the Spring, because I knew it would look like this eventually. 

So, that was early spring. Now just to catch up on an entire summer!