Some time ago, James and I came across these rusted ends of a bench that had been abandoned. They reminded James of home since he had once had a bench similar to them, so he decided to adopt it as a project and turn it into a real, functioning bench again rather than let them sit there and continue to rust. Because we just simply haven't had the time, the rejuvenation of said bench had been put off until today. James took some leave this week just to have time off and relax a little after being bounced around from treatment, to treatment, to treatment, to work, and to appointments. Can you honestly blame him for wanting to just take a break for a little after all of that?
Anyway, in our boredom and search for something to do, today seemed like the perfect opportunity to jump on this project. We hopped in the car, drove to Lowe's to pick up new, unrusty hardware, and some wood. Unfortunately, they didn't have everything that was needed. We have about half the hardware and have to go back for the wood, and eventually for some paint and stain. However, James did get started anyway by removing all the old bolts, nuts, and washers, and put the new ones we do have on. He's also being kind enough to let me in on the project and pick out what colors to paint and/or stain the bench and wood slats, which I'm totally stoked about. It's worth noting that this is probably the only time we're actually excited about doing group work.
I was skeptical about this all at first, but after being included in the design portion and seeing how easy this will actually be, I'm excited to see how our bench turns out. And, the cool part about this is that we're going to have a totally custom bench for not a lot of coin. Brownie points to the husband.
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