Aqua Farmhouse Bench

I’ve had this little project completed for a while, but it wasn’t my favorite, so I haven’t gotten around to posting it.

I built this bench based on plans that are in Ana White’s book The Handbuilt Home.  I made mine a little longer to go with a table that has yet-to-be blogged about as well!

It’s just a simple little pine bench that is made special by some decorative cut-outs.   I hand-drew my curves out on a piece of paper, cut them out, and then traced them onto my wood.  I cut out the shapes with a jigsaw.

Would you believe I still have the piece I cut out for the leg?  It was just too cute to throw away!

I had in mind that I wanted this bench to be aqua, but on the day I needed to buy paint, the line was SO LONG at Lowe’s that I picked up one of their pre-made sample pots instead of the color I wanted.  I got “pale aqua” instead of “aqua.”

And it’s an OK color…just not the one I wanted!!

I distressed and glazed it, but I still thought the color was a little anemic for me.  I mean, if I want color, I want COLOR!

Yes, I know it’s just paint and I could re-paint it…but it’s hard to get up enough ambition to re-do a project you just did!

So you guessed it………… I sold it….

On to the next project!

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