See This Bench?

See this bench? This bench exemplifies my spring project: to make our house look as awesome as our new roof.

Here's how it all goes down:

Take an ugly bench Mistah found on the side
of the road last summer . . .

. . . sand it . . .

. . . sand it some more . . .

. . . turn it upside down like a beached turtle . . .

. . . and prime it.

See that? Awesome. 

I know, I know. Not really. Mistah hated it, Bastid red-hater that he is. But wait! I'm nothing if not about repainting pieces of free wooden furniture. Let's try this again . . . 

Now we're talking. Only Perfect.

Project #2: The Deck:

Before . . . 

. . . and After, yo.

Sigh. We've got our deck back.

Project #3: The Green Gunk:

The gross disgusting nasty mildew that was growing on the East and North sides of our house I really don't want to talk about . . .

. . . except to say . . .

. . . that nasty grossness?

That grotesqosity? That's gone, baby. . .

. . . gone.

Oh, wait. You're probably thinking I should clean and sand and prime and paint that back shedhouse door.

Project #4: The Back Shedhouse Door:

Done.

Oh, this house.

Oh, our house.

I have lots more projects I'm working on -- oh, the progress you'll see.

But in the meantime, let me leave you with our newly mulched iris beds . . .

. . . love . . . 

. . . love . . . 

. . . swooning love.