Saturday 14 March 2015

Garden bench...

Here's the bench that I bought 10 years ago from B and Q for thirty quid all decked out in it's new colour of seagrass, a kind of blue-green that looks like the colour of some sage plants. I bought it to replace the bistro set some scallies stole one summer morning just before dawn.

The bench is made from teak and even after ten years in the rain and sun there wasn't a bit of rot, despite my neglecting to oil it. It sanded well and the paint was a dream, going on evenly and drying quickly. In all it look less that a day to transform from tired mossy brown to crisp clean seagrass. I'm as pleased as punch with it.

Now all I need are some warmer spring evenings and the beer can come out, or wine depending on my whim. I love to sit on this bench at the front of our house and watch the world go by, even if the world does mainly consist of cars on our road. After all, there's always the sky and the clouds to look at, all I need do is lift my head.

12 comments:

  1. Linda Kemp on FB
    we have the same bench,good value!

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    1. Andrew Height
      It painted up really well. I haven't touched it in all that time and there is no rot whatsoever! Yes, really great value. Roll on the sunshine, we sit on this at the front of the house drinking a glass or two of wine most spring and summer evenings.

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  2. Andrew Height
    Cuprinol Garden Shades. Guaranteed weatherproof for four years. This is Seagrass, it's actually a little greener than the picture. I have enough left to paint another eight benches!

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  3. Robert Mills on FB
    Nearly as good as Triggers Broom...

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BUl6PooveJE

    Trigger's Broom
    RIP Trigger, love this and how it sparked many a philosophical debate on Theseus' paradox in college :) Oh...
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  4. Lorna Gleadell on FB
    Bring it up here, i have 3 benches need painting !!

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    1. Andrew Height
      Gate and doors in yard to do yet Lorna. Great stuff for outdoor furniture though. Covers in two coats and dries really, really fast.

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  5. Louisa Morgan on FB
    Love the colour, looks like a similar tone to my dining chairs

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  6. Emma Cholmondeley on FB
    Love it

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  7. Gloria Brown on FB
    Good job, it looks like Farrow n Ball paint

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  8. Kerry Jeffrey on FB
    Linda Kemp I do too. Mine is now in a pale wood stain after thoroughly sanding back all the bench last year. Mine is now circa 5 years old

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  9. Andrew Height
    Good taste Linda and Kerry.

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