Surfaces Matter
by
Chaotically Creative Co.
(IC: blogger)
I love the Blog House Tweaking, because that is the word that pops into my mind every time I work on a project. Except some projects are like, “Can we forget this ever happened and start all over again?” So I am going to tell you the story about how I learned the hard way that surfaces matter and so does temperature and humidity.
Don't they look pretty? Well, they didn't start out that way. Let's go back to the beginning...
This is my first house with wooden front steps and adding these handrails to them was our first DIY project in this house and the first time we have ever added handrails to any thing, ever.
The red door paint started peeling and every time it rained little flecks of red would stick to the riser and the risers turned yellow and this is the way it stayed for a very long time…
So, I sanded and scraped and Kilzed like crazy, determine to do this right.
Once all the paint from the beginning of time was scrapped off and the wooden steps were sanded again,
Then one Saturday I woke up and decided to paint the wooden steps.
and they looked awesome! I added pumpkins from my garden and gathered stalks from my Day Lily’s and I wished that I had time to do the Christmas tour again.
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Published September 28th, 2014 11:07 PM
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All Things Heart and Home on Sep 29, 2014looks fantastic!
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Carole on Sep 29, 2014We learn from our mistakes don't we! I am glad you persisted with your stairs because they look awesome and hopefully you won't have any more problems with the paint.
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Chaotically Creative Co. on Sep 30, 2014@Carole Thanks so much! I think the paint will be fine but I am just not liking the color. But it will do till next year when I might decided to change the door, shutters and stairs.
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Chaotically Creative Co. on Sep 30, 2014@Carole off course!
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