Nightstand Before and After

Here is a side by side before and after comparison picture...

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Note: I was looking at these images and the nightstand on the left is the one I have not refinished yet, so they are not exactly the same, but you get the idea.

One down...a lot to go

Here is the finished nightstand. Came out really nice. The clear Minwax polyurethane came out a little rough on top so I am going to try another method of applying it, found here. But all in all it was worth the effort.

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Toads

We saw these little guys out last night. Hopefully they are getting plenty of bugs...less I have to deal with. I think the first one is a toad but the second one I am not sure if it is a toad or a frog. As always click for a larger image.

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Cool Lightning Cloud

This was a cool cloud just before sundown. I got lucky and caught a bolt of lightning reaching out in the first few seconds.

Refinishing Update

Here is a sanded down nightstand... It is going to take awhile to finish all of the new furniture, but it will be worth it in the end. Technically, I still need to hit this nightstand with a finer sandpaper before staining. All wood furniture is worth the effort to refinish to me. And of course the price was right.

Boatload of furniture

A couple of weeks ago our friends Bill and Maria gave us this furniture for the new bedroom. It needs to be refinished, which is going to take a little time and elbow grease. But when it is done it will match the rest of the furniture. It is all wood so it needs to be stripped and sanded and re-stained and clear coated. Larry helped us out one afternoon with his truck and hauled it over here....

We are going to stain it a cherry color....

Big Bug

This is a big bug. He landed on the screened in porch (lanai) and let me poke and prod him and take his picture. We saw one of these a few weeks before when we had stopped at the serpentarium on the way back from the beach. I did not photograph that one although I believe he was larger by a third and was a little more colorful. When I was talking to Bill he said he and his daughter had seen one also about a week ago.

Florida!!!

We arrived in Sunny Florida on April 20th 2011, I believe. We arrived late in the evening around 9:00 or 10:00. We had a small bit of trouble with the toll booths but eventually arrived to a glorious, albeit pink, house, which has since been painted.

We have been busy painting, planting, working, furnishing and enjoying the warmth and sun we had not really seen in the past 7 years in Washington State.

Anyhow, we have been here around 4 months now. I had been busy and not posted anything here. In fact not much has been posted here in the past 3 years. I am going to be making some posts from the last 4 months to catch up and go from there.
Here's a picture of the house before we painted...and of course the 'Big Red Truck', which is actually a medium sized Toyota 4-Runner.
Stay tuned...