#reesa does stuff

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They left some rocks in this nice field in Wiltshire.

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Of Monsters and Men at The Anthem. I got a real, actual ticket stub. I missed them.

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Decided today was waaaay too nice to spend cleaning, so I bought a pastry, an iced coffee, and came to my favourite park to paint.

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My day in pictures.

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Taking a bookbinding class. This will be a watercolor sketchbook, supposedly!

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Things I will say about this project:

I love my wife very, very much

I wish I had only shown her the first desk I found, but she instantly wanted this one, so here we are

I am, at best, a mildly skilled beginner when it comes to truly refinishing furniture

There are curves upon curves upon curves upon fluted edges upon hidden compartments in this desk

Curves, weirdly enough, are not straight lines, and thus harder to sand

I really, REALLY love my wife

The next project I do is going to be a goddamn square box

Odie's oil is the SHIT

I will finish this, and it will be epic, and I really, really, really love my wife

Here. Have some pictures.

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I know if I tried to do this for a living I wouldn't be physically able to a lot of the time. That said, I cannot describe to you the deep-seated physical and mental contentment I feel will restoring/building furniture.

Honestly, just get a board and a carbide scraper and go for it. You don't even have to be working toward an end goal. It's so good.

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Sanded down the underside of the desktop I'm working on. Best guess is red oak? It's gorgeous, no matter what it is.

Tomorrow I will finally get the last of the HIDEOUS splatter finish off, and hopefully get down to some serious sanding. (And glue the leg back into place. Also important.)

I might even get to use my new roll of edge banding. Woo. I had to come inside because I didn't want to be rude to my neighbours, and I also couldn't feelmy toes anymore.