Determined to show the world that I am not completely incompetent, I finished staining my bench last night. Read that again, people. FINISHED. So maybe I didn't do it exactly right, with the way I stained one side and propped it up against the garage wall to stain the other side, maybe that's not the way a staining professional would have done it, but I AM FINISHED WITH THE STAINING. And I only managed to get a tiny bit of stain on the light switch upstairs and that came off with nail polish remover. Ta da!
Tonight I start the top coat. The professionals recommend three top coats. Our local professional told us to top coat all the sides of all the pieces tonight to make sure everything is sealed (and who cares if the side no one sees gets a little smudged). And then finish the last two top coats on only the visible-to-the-public sides on Wednesday night and Thursday night. This means we might have this whole process done by Friday, but it will be rather difficult putting it together when we're also supposed to be having six people over for dinner. Well, I suppose we're just carrying on in the tradition of scheduling Projects to coincide with Hosting Guests.
So anyway. Potential crisis averted. We sent the divorce lawyers home.
While I'm thinking about it, I want to extend my deepest sympathy to the person who found this website by googling "HOW MANY COATS DOES IT TAKE OF BEHR CHERRY COBBLER". (By the way, I found the camera last night. Stay tuned for pictures of red bathrooms and mahogany stained hands.)
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