So, after deciding to sand and paint the podium for the garden I wanted to try something different! Not for the garden but for the inside of our home! I bought an old rocking chair on clearance sale from a neat antique shop in Escondido. I sanded it and used wood stain. It was the first time I've ever used wood stain, so it is not perfect.
But I gave it to Oliver for Christmas and he loves it! Santa even brought the chair pad for it!
Before.
After.
Things I want to remember for the next piece I work on:
-Choose something with flat edges, so I can learn how to work with wood stain better.
-Always have a cloth handy to wipe excess stain. In some places it looks like there is too much stain on the chair.
-Figure out how to control the drips. Oliver's chair has some drips!
-Test a different type of stain next time. This one is really shiny. I like it, but I would like to see what other types are like!
I really like working on little projects like this!
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