Have you ever taken on a project that seemed easy and like a good idea at the time but after you were a little ways in it gets a whole lot bigger and way more time consuming?
For example we wanted a desk for our bedroom...great! We will go to Ikea and buy one. Wait... the desk we want is the wrong color. Oh thats simple we will buy it anyway, sand it down and stain it to match the other furniture in our room. This is going to be easy...(famous last words)...
Three weeks later, we are behind in our basement renos and can't park in the garage because we have been sanding this stupid Ikea desk every night for 2 hours. The desk has 40 piece, I swear, and each piece takes at least an hour to sand. Then I was told after we were done sanding we will have to put a pre-stain on it so the stain goes on even, and then stain, and then put a clear coat on after. If that weren't enough after its all stained and ready to go we will have to put the stupid desk together (and it is Ikea after all). Who's big idea was this anyway...oh yeah... mine ;)
I just know it is going to be great when we are all finished. Nothing worth having comes easy right?
Wish us luck. I will keep you posted.
Your desk will be a treasure to you in the end. It will be something that you both worked so hard to finish. Maybe it will become an heirloom! love you.
ReplyDeleteWe did the same thing! We bought a nice dining room table but not the matching chairs. We thought we could stain our existing Ikea chairs to match. Bad decision. We gave up after two chairs and endless hours of work. We'll wait for the chairs to go on sale!
ReplyDeleteDo you have a belt sander, I have one if you want to borrow it. With it you would have the whole thing sanded in about an hour.
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Oh no.. good ideas like that are always trouble.. hehe but for all the trouble I bet it will turn out beautifully and you will be glad you took the time and invested the energy to do it Make sure you post a pic of the finished project
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