Many years ago we bought this picnic table and benches unfinished. We painted them a lovely green and used them for a while. When the paint wore down, we sanded and repainted them. Remembering how tedious this job was, we put off doing the job from summer to summer. Yes splinters were likely if you sat down too fast, but we could deal with that. Finally this month Charlie decided to restore them.
After sanding for nearly a full day he realized that it probably would have been smarter to just get a new set. But by then in for a dime in for one hundred dollars, he kept at it. Many hours of sanding, one coat of sealing primer, three coats of outdoor paint later, we moved the restored set to the deck. Sadly now the deck looks in need of a restoration. Next year—maybe.
Saved By Words 
That’s what happens, you make something pretty, and everything else gets in line for their beauty treatment!
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For sure.
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They do look very smart!
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I am very pleased with them.
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Hard work is never finished!
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For sure.
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There is always something out of whack.
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Happens every time. You paint a room, the next room needs doing, and so on ad infinitum!
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To say nothing of how everything looks dingy after my cataract surgeries.
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Full marks to Charlie for his effort. He did a great job!
Best wishes, Pete.
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He is way more meticulous than his slap dash spouse.
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Charlie did a great job. I love the shade of green. The deck can be next year’s project.
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I think of it as Forest Service green for some reason. I love it too.
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🙂
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Hope nothing else comes to mind when you do the deck. Nice job.
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Thanks.
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Looks good. I like that your benches have backs.
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Absolutely needed at our age!
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I don’t comment often (my blog has been under construction for 3 years lol — some may say it’s abandoned) but I especially enjoy your blog. I like that it is exquisitely short and sweet, though oftentimes I’m left wanting to hear more of your thought. Better than going on too long, I guess. 😉
Rub some dirt of the picnic table.
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I loved your comment. I constantly got comments in grad school that my writing was terse, compact or the like. Once a professor said “this paper isn’t long enough but you seem to have covered everything that was needed!” I often leave much out, but I treasure succinctness. My dad was a lawyer and he used to say “if you can’t make your case in a few words, try again.” Guess it stuck.
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I’m just now seeing this. Excellent. Instant follower here. And thank you, I loved all of the story.
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By the looks of it, no one sat down on the benches before the paint was dry, so all’s well that ‘ends’ well!
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Good one!
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The joys of homeownership. One thing leads to another.
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Good thing Charlie is really good at this stuff. I just feed him when he comes inside!
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Lucky girl 🙂
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Our wooden garden furniture has gradually bitten the dust. We still have a large unwieldy table, but one year without treatment has set that on the road to disintegration. Our garden furniture is now plastic rattan.
Not those big, expensive, boxy sofa-type things. We have two large, comfy chairs (from IKEA) and half a dozen bistro-style chairs from a UK bargain outlet called the Factory Shop. They weren’t expensive, don’t need treating and are comfy enough to bring indoors when we need more chairs. And the bistro chairs stack.
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We have some of that plastic rattan too. But I have a soft spot for wooden picnic sets! When I was growing up we ate off one in the kitchen. Weird I know, but remembered fondly.
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Charlie has done a marvellous job. Love the colour! Forget about the deck and just enjoy spending time using your restored table. Picnics galore!
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Absolutely. I just won’t look down!
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The table and benches look very nice, Elizabeth.
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Great job of restoration Charlie & good for another decade Elizabeth! 😀
Blessings,
Jennifer
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I agree. It is lovely.
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It looks great!
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Your set looks wonderful. I often wonder if it is better to buy new or redo. Typically, I redo then really wonder if I did the right thing.
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By the time we had purchased all the supplies to redo it, it was just about as expensive!
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I’ve done that before too.
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Looks great and as you have said the deck needs restoration 😊
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For sure.
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