If at first you know you wont succeed, do it anyway!

Today, in order to keep my hands busy and because I have spent the last two if not three weeks stuck inside due to the rain we had been having, I decided to start staining the outdoor table and chairs. Ignoring the fact I didn't have enough stain left over from my cupboards project I started staining a chair. 




'Hmmmmm. What do you think?' I asked My Beloved

'I think you should do the washing up.'

'No, I am serious.'

'So am I' he said.


I ignored his attempt at humour, even though I hadn't done the washing up by that stage of the late morning. (Yes Mum, I know...) I was now caught up in what I knew was doomed for failure because I would run out of supplies. I still didn't care. I was, at this point, unaware of just how 'rose' Rosewood actually is. In the sunshine at least, inside my cupboards it had a dark slightly purplely red tinge, in the sun, well...

Before

Oh dear... this might not
such a good idea.

What a shock I got when the stain
was on the chair.

'This isn't what I imagined.' I said to My Beloved who was looking at the
chair as though something had crawled up and died on it.

'That looks crap' he said helpfully. 'It looks Mission Brown' he said. I turned to look at him as if he had been drinking

'Um it is PURPLE not brown!'

'Looks brown to me' he said.

Umm no, there are no
glamour shots when it

comes to D.I.Y.

2 down, 4 to go.

After two chairs the clouds started to roll in. Miss Three months decided to wake up and Mr Cheeky decided getting his arm stuck all the way to his shoulder in the umbrella 'hole' of the table was just too much fun to resist.

'They get it from you.' My Beloved said as I whinged at how annoying it was having to stop just as I was getting a rhythm happening. Turns out he wasn't just sitting around bored waiting for me to suggest things he could do. No, he was 'doing' something too. As always my response to anything he says that I don't like was 'Whatever!'  Once all the hullabaloo was over with I started on the table (I should have just done another chair).

I did say a light
sand.

Over due for a
sanding.

I lightly sanded it, very lightly as I only had a half worn out 'fine grade' paper on my little sander. It also doubled as a sleeping aide for Ava and she fell asleep next to my work area (don't worry all you OHS freaks she was safe from all dangers) lulled by the drone.

Ooooops, should have
just done another chair!

And that's were it happened, I run out of stain.... so now I will wait till I buy some more. But I feel I achieved something and that quite frankly, is all that matters!