Joey and I have this cute little porch on the back of our house and for nearly seven years we have been looking for outdoor furniture that we like and that doesn't break the bank. It amazes me how expensive patio furniture is; I’m way too frugal to spend $200 on seating for two-four. It is going to sit outside in the rain, snow, sun and it is definitely going to get dirty.
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| Camera was set to black and white...oops |
About a year ago Joey’s grandmother mentioned that she wanted to get rid of two porch swings that his grandfather had built many years ago.
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| Before |
Side note, Joey was very close to his grandfather, he even wrote an essay about him and won and college scholarship and other than the judges no one has been allowed to read the essay. His grandfather Arthur Clifton Sours, passed away in 1998 from cancer. When we got home I asked what he thought about making the swings into benches and he thought it was a good idea and would be an easy project. So we called his grandmother and went and picked ourselves up two "benches."
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| Attempt One: the legs were to skinny, looked funny |
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| So we took them off and started all over again! |
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Finished product- took five coats of paint (3 primer 2 paint)
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Looks so much better with the thicker legs!
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| Proud of my work, I cut the boards and painted. Joey and my brother, Josh, put them together |
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