Perfection is Overrated and a lot of Work


I will add the rest of the black planters across the other two sections, eventually.



I'm in HEAVEN!  My picket fence is almost done. Just need the gate.

But it wasn't "heaven" painting it. 

Last week, we went to Home Depot to make the purchase. I wanted the pre-painted. 
A few dollars more, but worth it. 

They didn't have enough so I was forced to buy the unfinished. 

The husband had taken a week off from work so we could get this fence up. 

I wish now, we had pre-ordered it.



So that meant, I had to purchase the white paint. There goes the little savings, using unfinished. We bought the brackets, cement, and posts.

The deal was, the husband would install the posts - I got to paint. Normally I enjoy painting but this was hard. I had to get in-between the posts, painting dripping. 

The wood was rough and the application was messy and time-consuming. After the first 2 sections, my painting skills went downhill. I began to embrace my BFD attitude. I kept saying to myself, that I like the distressed look more and was not into perfection!


Our next project - removing the Junipers 


Trust me, my paint job was far from perfection. I even went out and bought a can of white spray paint to fill in the areas that I missed by brush.

Oh and by the way, if you are ever having to do this I recommend, a paint sprayer. We have one - the kind you use with a compressor. The instructions were hard for me to grasp, so I gave up on it, and decided to use a roller. By the end, I was so sick and tired of it, I was using the roller, a brush and a spray can of white paint.

 BIG DEAL - it looks fine.

Soon, I do plan to go out and touch up. Especially the outside of the fence that faces the street. You know, for curb appeal. <Barf>

I did think of my dad like I always do when I am painting. I know, he was rolling over in his grave, at the messy, unprofessional way I was painting, but HEY, it got done - it looks fine and I'm happy with it. 


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