Not so great bench makeover
I thought when I bought this bench at an estate sale for $30 it would be an easy makeover.
Wrong. It turned out to be a nightmare which made me want to throw it down a cliff.
My first mistake was to spray it with an enamel paint using my new paint sprayer on a really hot day. That decision turned into a hot drip mess. But I wasn’t going to give up. I decided to start over, and sanded off all the enamel paint, getting into those recessed sides and fronts was a MAJOR pain. The wood is some weird red soft wood, and because of this I ended up sanding off some of the decorative detail, oops. I was so set on using this bench, it was the perfect size and style I was looking for, and I was on a mission to finished it.
If you get close up you can see the imperfections, {but we won’t get that close I have too much pride lol}
Once I put it in the room, it wasn’t looking so bad {except for the right cabinet door won’t line up}
I wanted a bench that had storage that I could put beach towels inside. A one stop area where you could grab your towel for going out to the river, and then hang it on the oars to dry when you are done
