I started stripping the back door about 3 weeks ago, bought the paint after 3 attempts - Bunnings on a good day is bad enough, don't try it between Christmas and New Year, then looked at it every day until it started getting to me. So on Tuesday I finished stripping it with my trusty SPEEDHEATER 1100, then sanded and undercoated.
Unfortunately I don't have a pic of the original, needless to say it was filthy, covered in graffiti and peeling, with about 10 coats of paint.
This pic makes it look like Slade did all the work, but he was just putting the very last piece of beading in around the glass and stealing all my glory.
And then I resigned myself to it being another 3 weeks before I could paint the top coats. I bought a book on Thursday called "What to do about everything" - finally someone bossier than me! She advises to make a timetable of your day and prioritise - she goes on for a few pages about how to actually do that, I won't bore you. Anyway, I got bored with it and thought - instead of reading about making time to do the things you really want to do, just do it! So I got out my paintbrush and went for it. It's a colour that makes me smile every time I see it. And my little helper loves it too. - Taubmans - Opulence - had to buy 2 litres, so i'll probably have to use it in a few other places too.
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